A GENERAL USE OF THE POISSON APPROXIMATION FOR BINOMIAL EVENTS, WITH APPLICATION TO BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS DATA,

Abstract

For the subgroup of strata consisting of events in strata that can be developed such that binom ial events have small success probabilities, the distribution of the number of successes can be approximated by a Poisson distribution when the size of this subgroup is at least moderately large. The same is true for the number of fail ures in strata developed so that the probabilities of failures are small. Two kinds of strata sub groups are considered, and, using Poisson approxi mations, a method is given for estimating the distribution of these subgroups for large new groups of events, on the basis of experimental data. This method was originally developed for use in a study of mortality for persons having bacterial endocarditis. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 1963
Accession Number
AD0410764

Entities

People

  • H. B. Eisenberg
  • J. E. Walsh
  • R. R. M. Geoghagen

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Binomials
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Endocarditis
  • Experimental Data
  • Mathematics
  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.
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