ABSTRACT
Consider n independent performances of a random experiment with mutually exclusive outcomes that can be classified as success or failure. The words “success” and “failure” are to be regarded as labels for two mutually exclusive categories of outcomes of the random experiment. They do not necessarily have the ordinary connotation of success or failure. Assume that p, the probability of success on any performance of the random experiment, is constant. Let Q be the probability of failure, so that() Q = 1 − p https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429124754/be33da89-95f5-45e7-a067-f2fa13b8eb97/content/eq590.tif"/>
