Abstract
Moments of truncated negative binomial random variables arise in many areas. But moments of general order do not appear to be available, even a correct expression for the variance of a truncated negative binomial random variable was derived only in 2016. Here, we derive the elementary expressions for the moments of general order for four different types of truncated negative binomial random variables. Computational issues are discussed for the expressions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3734-3743 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| Early online date | 23 Oct 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Aug 2018 |
Keywords
- Lerch function
- Maple
- Stirling number of the first kind