On page 130 of Dr. Wicklin's text, it describes a Multinomial Distribution. I am unclear on the "with replacement" context.
Let's assume there are 50 black socks, 20 brown socks, and 30 white socks in a drawer.
Now, let's assume that 50 socks are drawn with replacement. Are these socks taken all at once? Or are there 50 drawings of 1 sock at a time?
This is important because in the former, you could not pick more than 20 brown socks in any one multi-nomial result whereas if drawing 1 sock at time (with replacement), you could end up with 0 black, 50 brown, and 0 white socks in a single multi-nomial draw.
Just want to make sure I understand this basic idea. I assume the 50 socks are taken all at once and then replaced all at once and reshuffled before the next draw,
The phrase "draw N items with replacement" means that you
1) draw an item and record its value
2) replace the item and thouroughly shuffle/mix the items
3) Go to (1) until N items have been recorded.
The phrase "draw N items with replacement" means that you
1) draw an item and record its value
2) replace the item and thouroughly shuffle/mix the items
3) Go to (1) until N items have been recorded.
Just to add - a possibly naive interpretation of the terminology.
A Bernoulli experiment is a single trial of pass/fail, while a Binomial is Bernoulli repeated multiple times, i.e. the 1 at a time rule. The Multinomial is then an extension of the Binomial with the same terminology being used.
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