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density function

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noun

  1. statistics short for probability density function

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Just like a set of data, a probability density function has a mean and a standard deviation that describes the data set.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

We can put this information into the Poisson probability density function and get a general formula that will calculate the probability of any specific number of customers arriving in the next hour.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The integral of the normal probability density function between the two points x1 and x2 is the area under the curve between these two points and is the probability between these two points.

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Recall that scalar line integrals can be used to compute the mass of a wire given its density function.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Write the probability density function for this distribution.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013