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Hypergeometric Distribution and Its Application in Statistics

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Joarder, A.H. (2011). Hypergeometric Distribution and Its Application in Statistics. In: Lovric, M. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04898-2_294

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