Multinomial Distribution - Related Distributions

Related Distributions

  • When k = 2, the multinomial distribution is the binomial distribution.
  • The continuous analogue is Multivariate normal distribution.
  • Categorical distribution, the distribution of each trial; for k = 2, this is the Bernoulli distribution.
  • The Dirichlet distribution is the conjugate prior of the multinomial in Bayesian statistics.
  • Dirichlet-multinomial distribution.
  • Beta-binomial model.

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