The DO Loop

Statistical programming in SAS with an emphasis on SAS/IML programs
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Rick Wicklin 0
Create a probability distribution from almost any positive function

There are dozens of common probability distributions for a continuous univariate random variable. Familiar examples include the normal, exponential, uniform, gamma, and beta distributions. Where did these distributions come from? Well, some mathematician needed a model for a stochastic process and wrote down the equation for the distribution, typically by

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