Talk:Probability distribution

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 Definition:  Function of a discrete random variable yielding the probability that the variable will have a given value. [d] [e]
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Name of article

This article seems to be a list of probability istributions, and not an article about probability distributions per se. Certainly, having such a list seems like a good thing, but I wonder if the article shouldn't be renamed. Of course, we would also want to have an article on probability distributions. Greg Woodhouse 09:53, 25 June 2007 (CDT)

Probability vs. probability distribution

You may want to rearrange/rephrase the opening material a bit, but the article failed to distinguish between probability and probability distributions. They are not the same thing: probability distributions are functions that can be integrated (or summed) to obtain probability. Greg Woodhouse 10:32, 25 June 2007 (CDT)


Purpose of article

This article is intended to

  1. Give an average reader a good and quick grasp of the basic idea of a probability distribution and what it's good for.
  2. Give the more savvy audience a quickly grasped intro and access points into deeper ideas.
  3. Provide links for further in-depth study.
  4. Present the ideas in a way that doesn't scare off math-phobes. That's why I want to keep equations out until the end of the article, or keep them in separate sections, labeled "formal definitions" or similar.


Ragnar Schroder 19:17, 25 June 2007 (CDT)

Duplicated content

I duplicated parts of this article to create the 2 new articles: continuous probability distribution and discrete probability distribution.

The duplicated contents should be removed an replaced by a summary and a link.

There's an inconsistency too, since the article [[continuous probability distribution] does not yet exist. Also some articles link to unwritten (and superfluous) articles with the same titles in plural form.

Ragnar Schroder 06:12, 26 June 2007 (CDT)


Bayesian bias

This version came out highly biased towards the Probability as extended classical logic viewpoint. I think much of it should be moved either into the as yet unwritten probability theory article, or into a specialized one dealing with probability logic.

Ragnar Schroder 08:58, 27 June 2007 (CDT)

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