Characterization of maximum probability points in the Multivariate Hypergeometric distribution

F. Requena and N. Martin Ciudad

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2000, vol. 50, issue 1, 39-47

Abstract: This paper presents the characterization of the mode of the Multivariate Hypergeometric distribution MH(R1;C1,...,Cc) or, equivalently, of the maximum probability 2xc contingency table with fixed marginal sums and row and column independence. Some results concerning the uniqueness of this mode are given. In addition, a relation between the maximum probability points, for different fixed values of one of the variables, is studied, enabling us to obtain a recurrence relation between its maximum probabilities.

Keywords: Multivariate; Hypergeometric; distribution; Mode; 2; x; c; contingency; table (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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