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% File src/library/stats/man/Binomial.Rd
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% File src/library/stats/man/Binomial.Rd
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% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org
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% Copyright 1995-2020 R Core Team
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% Copyright 1995-2026 R Core Team
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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\name{Binomial}
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\name{Binomial}
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\alias{Binomial}
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\alias{Binomial}
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\alias{dbinom}
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\alias{dbinom}
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  correction to a normal approximation, followed by a search.
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  correction to a normal approximation, followed by a search.
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  \code{rbinom} (for \code{size < .Machine$integer.max}) is based on
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  \code{rbinom} (for \code{size < .Machine$integer.max}) is based on
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  \bibcitet{R:Kachitvichyanukul+Schmeiser:1988}.
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  \bibcitet{R:Kachitvichyanukul+Schmeiser:1988}.
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  For larger values it uses inversion.
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  For larger values it uses inversion.
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  in \PR{19049} (2026-04) it was reported that there were two wrong signs in the
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  above publication (already found by the GSL implementor in 2003!).  Fixing
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  these makes very rarely a difference for \code{(size, prob)}\eqn{= (n,
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  \pi)} combinations.  You can use \code{\link{RNGkind}(binom.kind =
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  "BUGGY_BTPE")} to re-activate the old (very slightly) buggy behaviour,
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  see also \code{\link{RNGkind}}.
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}
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}
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\references{
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\references{
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  \bibshow{*}
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  \bibshow{*}
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}
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}
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\examples{
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\examples{