Basic Continuous Distributions

Enders A. Robinson

Chapter 8 in Probability Theory and Applications, 1985, pp 267-333 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The most simple distribution for a continuous random variable y is the rectangular, or uniform, distribution. $$g\left( y \right) = \frac{1}{{b - a'}}{\text{ }}a \leqslant y \leqslant b.$$

Keywords: Central Limit Theorem; Moment Generate Function; Gamma Variable; Standard Normal Variable; Cauchy Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-5386-4_8

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