The uniform distribution
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The uniform distribution describes a (continuous)
probability distribution in which any outcome within a given range is equally
probable.
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Distribution name
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Uniform
distribution
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Common notation
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Parameters
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 =
boundary parameters ( )
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Domain
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Probability density 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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Its non-central moments ( are  . Its median is .
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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”. For
details of other supported probability distributions see here.
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