Research Catalog

Title

Statistical distributions.

Author

Evans, Merran.

Publication

New York : J. Wiley, ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Hastings, N. A. J., 1937-
• Peacock, J. Brian, 1938-

Description

xx, 170 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

From how long a new car will last to the chances of an earthquake in California, random variables play an important role in all kinds of statistical and probabilistic calculations. Now, in this expanded and revised Second Edition, students and professional practitioners in the natural, life, social, and management sciences have a concise yet comprehensive source of information on 39 leading distributions used to describe these random variables. Offering rapid access to information otherwise scattered among numerous and costly books and journals, this practical and well-organized work presents the key formulas, tables, diagrams, and general properties of the 39 distributions which have come to prominence because of their mathematical or empirical utility. Moreover, introductory chapters cover the fundamental concepts of the field with exemplary clarity, describing the rules governing the relationships between variates, and developing the consistent and unambiguous nomenclature that underlies the entire book. All those who have felt the need for a quick "look-up" summary, clarification, or basic introduction to distributions will find this unique, up-to-date Second Edition invaluable in many research, teaching, study, and professional situations.

Subject

• Distribution (Probability theory)

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Statistical distributions / N. A. J. Hastings. [1st ed.] 1975.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 170).

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Terms and Symbols -- 3. General Variate Relationships -- 4. Bernoulli Distribution -- 5. Beta Distribution -- 6. Binomial Distribution -- 7. Cauchy Distribution -- 8. Chi-squared Distribution -- 9. Chi-squared (Noncentral) Distribution -- 10. Dirichlet Distribution -- 11. Erlang Distribution -- 12. Error Distribution -- 13. Exponential Distribution -- 14. Exponential Family -- 15. Extreme Value (Gumbel) Distribution -- 16. F (Variance Ratio) or Fisher-Snedecor Distribution -- 17. F (Noncentral) Distribution -- 18. Gamma Distribution -- 19. Geometric Distribution -- 20. Hypergeometric Distribution -- 21. Inverse Gaussian (Wald) Distribution -- 22. Laplace Distribution -- 23. Logarithmic Series Distribution -- 24. Logistic Distribution -- 25. Lognormal Distribution -- 26. Multinomial Distribution -- 27. Multivariate Normal (Multinormal) Distribution -- 28. Negative Binomial Distribution -- 29. Normal (Gaussian) Distribution -- 30. Pareto Distribution -- 31. Poisson Distribution -- 32. Power Function Distribution -- 33. Power Series (Discrete) Distribution -- 34. Rayleigh Distribution -- 35. Rectangular (Uniform) Continuous Distribution -- 36. Rectangular (Uniform) Discrete Distribution -- 37. Student's t Distribution -- 38. Student's t (Noncentral) Distribution -- 39. Triangular Distribution -- 40. von Mises Distribution -- 41. Weibull Distribution -- 42. Wishart (Central) Distribution -- 43. Computing References -- 44. Statistical Tables.

ISBN

• 0471559512
• 9780471559511

LCCN

92040419

OCLC

• ocm27011542
• 27011542
• SCSB-1998935

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library