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beta distributions

beta distributions is the plural of beta distribution.

Meaning of beta distribution

Noun

beta distribution (plural beta distributions)

  1. Any of a family of continuous probability distributions defined on the interval [0, 1] whose shape is parametrised by two positive parameters, denoted α and β, which appear as exponents in the associated random variable.
    • In particular, I illustrate how a hierarchical model in which the allele frequency distribution among populations is approximated by a Beta distribution and distribution of mean allele frequencies across loci is also approximated by a Beta distribution, accounts for the time-correlation of allele...2006, Kent E. Holsinger, “Chapter 2: Bayesian hierarchical models in geographical genetics”, in James S. Clark, Alan E. Gelfand, editors, Hierarchical Modelling for the Environmental Sciences...
    Synonyms:
    beta distribution of the first kind

Questions about beta distributions

What is beta distributions the plural of?
Beta distributions is the plural of beta distribution.

Words near beta distributions in the dictionary

  1. Beta Crucis
  2. Beta Cygni
  3. beta decay
  4. beta decays
  5. beta distribution
  6. beta distributions
  7. beta emitter
  8. beta emitters
  9. beta error
  10. beta errors
  11. beta female

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