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A discrete random variable X takes values i = 1, 2,...,k with probabilities {p i , i = 1, 2,...,k}. A sample of size n from X gives the value X = i n i times. The multivariate distribution {n i , i = 1,..., k} is multinomial with parameters n, {p i , i = 1,..., k}. It is ubiquitous in problems dealing with discrete data. The values 1, 2,...,k are called categories or cells.
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Hartigan, J.A. (1983). The Multinomial Distribution. In: Bayes Theory. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8242-3_10
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