Prove that if Y is a hypergeometric distribution, then E(Y) = (nr)/N.
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A random variable Y follows a hypergeometric distribution if it represents the number of successes in a sample of size n drawn without replacement from a population of size N containing r successes. The probability mass function (PMF) of a hypergeometric Show more…
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