Expectation of Geometric Distribution/Formulation 2/Also presented as

Expectation of Geometric Distribution: Formulation 2: Also presented as

The Expectation of Geometric Distribution is also presented in the form:

$\var X = \dfrac q p$

where $q$ has been defined conventionally as $q = 1 - p$.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): geometric distribution