statistical distribution

1. (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence (synset 105736981)
   referred to in: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
   is a type of: arrangement, organisation, organization, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying
   subtypes:

   • equidistribution - a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence
   • frequency distribution - a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
   • gaussian distribution, normal distribution - a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance
   • poisson distribution - a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large
   • sample, sample distribution, sampling - items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
   • bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution - a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
   same as: distribution

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