Which of the following is not a characteristic of the hypergeometric distribution?
A) The hypergeometric distribution is similar to the binomial distribution in focusing on the number of successes in a given number of consecutive trials.
B) The hypergeometric distribution is similar to the binomial distribution in the fact that the probability of success remains constant from one trail to the rest.
C) The hypergeometric distribution relies on sampling without replacement.
D) The hypergeometric distribution,the consecutive trials are not independent.
E) All of the above are characteristics of the hypergeometric distribution.

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The hypergeometric distribution is different from the binomial distribution in the fact that the probability of success does not remain constant from one trial to the next, as the sampling is done without replacement. Therefore, option B is not a characteristic of the hypergeometric distribution.

Which of the Following Is Not a Characteristic of the Hypergeometric