statistical distribution

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statistical distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

distribution

organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"

equidistribution - a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

frequency distribution - a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable

Gaussian distribution, normal distribution - a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

Poisson distribution - a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large

sample distribution, sampling, sample - items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution - a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success

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A rough indication about the statistical distribution of walk speeds for a typical population of transit users in the urban setting was close to a normal distribution with mean of about 0.90 m/s and standard deviation of about 0.20 m/s or to a uniform distribution ranging from 0.58 to 1.24 m/s in the Appendix, the cases with waiting time integrated in walking time.

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His topics include statistical distribution, general topics in hypothesis testing and power analysis when the population standard deviation is known: the case of two group means, using covariates when testing the difference in sample group means for balanced designs, multilevel models II: testing the difference in group means in two-level multi-site randomized trials, and writing about power.

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The statistical distribution curve will still prevail showing a normal distribution with no material advantages to any political party.

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This note proposes a definition of uncertainty based on the even-numbered moments of a statistical distribution.