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From: dpb <none@non.net>
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Subject: Re: What is the probability that random integers sum to a given value?
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:59:50 -0500
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John D'Errico wrote:
> "David Heslop" <david_heslop@xyz.com> wrote in message <h2ffc1$1t0$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>> Dear All,
>> It is an interesting point that the replacement will have little
effect given a large enough value of N. As Tristram mentioned the main
influence will be in the tails of the distribution, unfortunately the
tails are the most important issue for me because I&#8217;m trying to
determine critical values for a statistical test. ...

I'd ask how _FAR_ into the tails are you concerned about?

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