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  2. Negative probability - Wikipedia

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    In Convolution quotients of nonnegative definite functions [5] and Algebraic Probability Theory [6] Imre Z. Ruzsa and Gábor J. Székely proved that if a random variable X has a signed or quasi distribution where some of the probabilities are negative then one can always find two random variables, Y and Z, with ordinary (not signed / not quasi ...

  3. List of probability distributions - Wikipedia

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    The chi-squared distribution, which is the sum of the squares of n independent Gaussian random variables. It is a special case of the Gamma distribution, and it is used in goodness-of-fit tests in statistics. The inverse-chi-squared distribution; The noncentral chi-squared distribution; The scaled inverse chi-squared distribution; The Dagum ...

  4. Nonparametric skew - Wikipedia

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    In statistics and probability theory, the nonparametric skew is a statistic occasionally used with random variables that take real values. [1] [2] It is a measure of the skewness of a random variable's distribution—that is, the distribution's tendency to "lean" to one side or the other of the mean.

  5. Glossary of probability and statistics - Wikipedia

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    Also confidence coefficient. A number indicating the probability that the confidence interval (range) captures the true population mean. For example, a confidence interval with a 95% confidence level has a 95% chance of capturing the population mean. Technically, this means that, if the experiment were repeated many times, 95% of the CIs computed at this level would contain the true population ...

  6. Noncentral t-distribution - Wikipedia

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    The noncentral t-distribution generalizes Student's t-distribution using a noncentrality parameter.Whereas the central probability distribution describes how a test statistic t is distributed when the difference tested is null, the noncentral distribution describes how t is distributed when the null is false.

  7. Negative binomial distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the negative binomial distribution is a discrete probability distribution that models the number of failures in a sequence of independent and identically distributed Bernoulli trials before a specified/constant/fixed number of successes occur. [2]

  8. Negative hypergeometric distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the negative hypergeometric distribution describes probabilities for when sampling from a finite population without replacement in which each sample can be classified into two mutually exclusive categories like Pass/Fail or Employed/Unemployed. As random selections are made from the population, each ...

  9. Squared deviations from the mean - Wikipedia

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    Squared deviations from the mean (SDM) result from squaring deviations. In probability theory and statistics , the definition of variance is either the expected value of the SDM (when considering a theoretical distribution ) or its average value (for actual experimental data).