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A discrete random variable (X1,…,Xm) is multinomially distributed if its point probabilities are
where x1+…+xm=n and p1+…+pm=1.Conditions for (X1,…,Xm) to be multiomially distributed were given in sections 6.4 and 8.9.
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Andersen, E.B., Jensen, NE., Kousgaard, N. (1987). Applications of the Multinomial Distribution. In: Statistics for Economics, Business Administration, and the Social Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95528-0_18
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