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3 - Probability Distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2023

William W. Hsieh
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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As probability distributions form the cornerstone of statistics, a survey is made of the common families of distributions, including the binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, multinomial distribution, Gaussian distribution, gamma distribution, beta distribution, von Mises distribution, extreme value distributions, t-distribution and chi-squared distribution. Other topics include maximum likelihood estimation, Gaussian mixtures and kernel density estimation.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Probability Distributions
  • William W. Hsieh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Introduction to Environmental Data Science
  • Online publication: 23 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588493.004
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  • Probability Distributions
  • William W. Hsieh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Introduction to Environmental Data Science
  • Online publication: 23 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588493.004
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  • Probability Distributions
  • William W. Hsieh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Introduction to Environmental Data Science
  • Online publication: 23 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588493.004
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