Hypergeometric PMF

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Hypergeometric PMF

If a population contains N objects, K successes, and n objects are sampled:

$$P(X=k)=\frac{\binom Kk\binom{N-K}{n-k}}{\binom Nn}$$

Usage

- Used to calculate success counts in samples drawn without replacement.

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