betabinomial: Create an Object Representing a Beta-Binomial Distribution

In lestat: A Package for Learning Statistics

Description

Create an object representing a Beta-Binomial distribution. This can be used for a Binomial distribution where there is uncertainty about the probability of success, and this uncertainty is represented by a Beta distribution.

Usage

betabinomial(n, alpha, beta)

Arguments

n	the number of trials in the binomial distribution (a positive integer).
alpha	the alpha parameter of the underlying Beta distribution.
beta	the beta parameter of the underlying Beta distribution.

Value

An object of class "betabinomial" and class "probabilitydistribution".

Author(s)

Petter Mostad <[e-mail]>

See Also

betadistribution, binomialdistribution, binomialbeta

Examples

dist <- betabinomial(10, 5.5, 3.3)
cdf(dist, 3) 

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