News

Discover what a log-normal distribution is, its financial applications, and how to calculate it, including using Excel for ...
The sets of probabilities in Equations 2 and 3 are called probability distribution functions . For these two cases, the functions are discrete, having values only at the integer mesh points.
The agreement between the empirical and the normal distribution functions in Output 2.1.1 is evidence that the normal distribution is an appropriate model for the distribution of breaking strengths.
An algorithm involving polynomial approximations for evaluation of the normal distribution function is presented which may be implemented in fast and accurate computer programs of moderate length.
The normal curve, on the other hand, is a family of symmetric curves based on the normal distribution function.
The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Shrinkage Estimation and Balanced Loss Functions in Multivariate Normal Distribution.
Ashis Kumar Chakraborty, Moutushi Chatterjee, On multivariate folded normal distribution, Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (2008-), Vol. 75, No. 1 (May 2013), pp. 1-15 ...
SAS/INSIGHT software provides tests for the null hypothesis that the input data values are a random sample from a normal distribution. These test statistics include the Shapiro-Wilk statistic (W) and ...
I want a random number, between 0 and 1 (for the purposes, this is JavaScript, but that shouldn't matter so much). But I don't just want a uniform distribution of numbers, I want something skewed ...