BinomialDistribution

Binomial probability distribution object

Description

A BinomialDistribution object consists of parameters, a model description, and sample data for a binomial probability distribution

The binomial distribution models the total number of successes in repeated trials from an infinite population under the following conditions:

• Only two outcomes are possible for each of n trials.

• The probability of success for each trial is constant.

• All trials are independent of each other.

The binomial distribution uses the following parameters.

ParameterDescriptionSupport
NNumber of trialspositive integer
pProbability of success$0\le p\le 1$

Creation

There are several ways to create a BinomialDistribution probability distribution object.

• Create a distribution with specified parameter values using makedist.

• Fit a distribution to data using fitdist.

• Interactively fit a distribution to data using the Distribution Fitter app.

Properties

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Distribution Parameters

Number of trials for the binomial distribution, specified as a positive integer value.

Data Types: single | double

Probability of success of any individual trial for the binomial distribution, specified as a scalar value in the range [0,1].

Data Types: single | double

Distribution Characteristics

Logical flag for truncated distribution, specified as a logical value. If IsTruncated equals 0, the distribution is not truncated. If IsTruncated equals 1, the distribution is truncated.

Data Types: logical

Number of parameters for the probability distribution, specified as a positive integer value.

Data Types: double

Covariance matrix of the parameter estimates, specified as a p-by-p matrix, where p is the number of parameters in the distribution. The (i,j) element is the covariance between the estimates of the ith parameter and the jth parameter. The (i,i) element is the estimated variance of the ith parameter. If parameter i is fixed rather than estimated by fitting the distribution to data, then the (i,i) elements of the covariance matrix are 0.

Data Types: double

Logical flag for fixed parameters, specified as an array of logical values. If 0, the corresponding parameter in the ParameterNames array is not fixed. If 1, the corresponding parameter in the ParameterNames array is fixed.

Data Types: logical

Distribution parameter values, specified as a vector of scalar values.

Data Types: single | double

Truncation interval for the probability distribution, specified as a vector of scalar values containing the lower and upper truncation boundaries.

Data Types: single | double

Other Object Properties

Probability distribution name, specified as a character vector.

Data Types: char

Data used for distribution fitting, specified as a structure containing the following:

• data: Data vector used for distribution fitting.

• cens: Censoring vector, or empty if none.

• freq: Frequency vector, or empty if none.

Data Types: struct

Distribution parameter descriptions, specified as a cell array of character vectors. Each cell contains a short description of one distribution parameter.

Data Types: char

Distribution parameter names, specified as a cell array of character vectors.

Data Types: char

Object Functions

 cdf Cumulative distribution function gather Gather properties of Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox object from GPU icdf Inverse cumulative distribution function iqr Interquartile range mean Mean of probability distribution median Median of probability distribution negloglik Negative loglikelihood of probability distribution paramci Confidence intervals for probability distribution parameters pdf Probability density function proflik Profile likelihood function for probability distribution random Random numbers std Standard deviation of probability distribution truncate Truncate probability distribution object var Variance of probability distribution

Examples

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Create a binomial distribution object using the default parameter values.

pd = makedist('Binomial')
pd =
BinomialDistribution

Binomial distribution
N =   1
p = 0.5

Create a binomial distribution object by specifying the parameter values.

pd = makedist('Binomial','N',30,'p',0.25)
pd =
BinomialDistribution

Binomial distribution
N =   30
p = 0.25

Compute the mean of the distribution.

m = mean(pd)
m = 7.5000