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noun (wikipedia, mul=parameter, parameter (computer science))
- (cattag2, Mathematics, Physics) A variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar.
- (complang) A name in a function or subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the corresponding actual argument when the function or subroutine is called.
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noun (plural percentiles)
- (statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
- (statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
- He is highly intelligent - he has an IQ in the top percentile.
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| pie chart |
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- A pictorial graph in the shape of a circle, with segments representing related proportions
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| Poisson distribution |
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noun
- (statistics) A limit of the binomial distribution for very large numbers of trials and a small probability of success.
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| population |
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noun
- a count of the number of resident, residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world
- (collective) the people living within a political or geographical boundary
:- The town"s is only 243.
: - The of New Jersey will not stand for this!
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| probability density function |
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noun - (mathematics) Any function whose integral over a set gives the probability that a random variable has a value in that set
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| probability distribution |
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- (mathematics) A function of a discrete random variable yielding the probability that the variable will have a given value
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