The uniform (discrete) distribution
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The uniform (discrete) distribution involves equally probable
outcomes that are spaced uniform intervals apart.
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Distribution name
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Uniform
(discrete) distribution
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Common notation
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Parameters
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 =
lower limit
 =
upper limit ( )
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step size ( where  is
a positive integer)
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Support
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Probability mass
function
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Cumulative distribution
function
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Mean
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Variance
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Skewness
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(Excess) kurtosis
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Characteristic function
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Other comments
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The median of this distribution is the same as its mean.
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Nematrian web functions
Functions relating to the above distribution may be accessed
via the Nematrian
web function library by using a DistributionName of “uniform (discrete)”.
For details of other supported probability distributions see here.
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