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==Related distributions== *If <math>X_1,\dots,X_n</math> are independent, identically distributed ([[Independent and identically distributed random variables|i.i.d.]]) random variables, all [[Bernoulli trial]]s with success probability ''p'', then their [[Sum of independent random variables|sum is distributed]] according to a [[binomial distribution]] with parameters ''n'' and ''p'': *:<math>\sum_{k=1}^n X_k \sim \operatorname{B}(n,p)</math> ([[binomial distribution]]).<ref name=":0" /> :The Bernoulli distribution is simply <math>\operatorname{B}(1, p)</math>, also written as <math display="inline">\mathrm{Bernoulli} (p).</math> *The [[categorical distribution]] is the generalization of the Bernoulli distribution for variables with any constant number of discrete values. *The [[Beta distribution]] is the [[conjugate prior]] of the Bernoulli distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Orloff |first1=Jeremy |last2=Bloom |first2=Jonathan |date= |title=Conjugate priors: Beta and normal |url=https://math.mit.edu/~dav/05.dir/class15-prep.pdf |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=math.mit.edu}}</ref> *The [[geometric distribution]] models the number of independent and identical Bernoulli trials needed to get one success. *If <math display="inline">Y \sim \mathrm{Bernoulli}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)</math>, then <math display="inline">2Y - 1</math> has a [[Rademacher distribution]].
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