Univariate distribution

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In statistics, a univariate distribution is a probability distribution of only one random variable. This is in contrast to a multivariate distribution, the probability distribution of a random vector.

At least 750 univariate discrete distributions have been reported in the literature.[1]

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  1. ^ Wimmer G, Altmann G (1999) Thesaurus of univariate discrete probability distributions. STAMM Verlag GmbH Essen, 1st ed XXVII ISBN: 3-87773-025-6

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