PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
Probability distributions [ edit ] Main article: Probability distribution A probability distribution is a function that assigns a probability to each measurable subset of the possible outcomes of a random experiment , survey , or procedure of statistical inference . Examples are found in experiments whose sample space is non-numerical, where the distribution would be a categorical distribution ; experiments whose sample space is encoded by discrete random variables , where the distribution can be specified by a probability mass function ; and experiments with sample spaces encoded by continuous random variables, where the distribution can be specified by a probability density function . More complex experiments, such as those involving stochastic processes defined in continuous time , may demand the use of more general probability measures . A probab...