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Continuous Probability Distributions

Continuous Variable: can take on any value between two specified values. Obtained by measuring. Discrete Variable: not continuous variable (cannot take on any value between two specified values).
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Probability Theory

Probability theory forms the mathematical backbone for quantifying uncertainty and random events, providing a rigorous language with which to describe both everyday phenomena and complex scientific ...
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SimCorrMix: Simulation of correlated data with multiple variable types including continuous and count mixture distributions

It was made possible by grant T32HL079888 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and her dissertation mentor, Dr. Hemant K. Tiwari, ...
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Some Results on the Discretization of Continuous Probability Distributions

A continuous r. v. can only hypothetically assume any value on a continuum. When only an approximating discrete r. v. ("discretization") is observable, estimation procedures employing the hypothetical ...
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Characterizations of Probability Distributions Through Linear Forms of Q-Conditional Independent Random Variables

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Sankhya, the Indian Journal of Statistics, aims to publish original, high quality research articles in all areas of statistics, such as theoretical ...