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Lexis Trials

$n$ sets of $s$ trials each, with the probability of success $p$ constant in each set.

\begin{displaymath}
\mathop{\rm var}\nolimits \left({x\over n}\right)= spq+s(s-1){\sigma_p}^2,
\end{displaymath}

where ${\sigma_p}^2$ is the Variance of $p_i$.

See also Bernoulli Trial, Lexis Ratio

© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26