Factorial Moments of the Geometric Distribution of Order $k$

Abstract

We derive a simple expression for the $r^{th}$ factorial moment $μ_{(r)}$ of the geometric distribution of order $k$ with success parameter $p\in(0,1)$ (and $q=1-p$) in terms of its probability mass function $f_k(n)$. Specifically, $μ_{(r)} = r!f_k((r+1)k+r)/((qp^k)^{r+1})$.