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29 <p><b>Table of Contents
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31 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut.html">Statistical Distributions Tutorial
</a></span></dt>
33 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/overview.html">Overview of Distributions
</a></span></dt>
35 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/overview/headers.html">Headers and
36 Namespaces
</a></span></dt>
37 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/overview/objects.html">Distributions
38 are Objects
</a></span></dt>
39 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/overview/generic.html">Generic operations
40 common to all distributions are non-member functions
</a></span></dt>
41 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/overview/complements.html">Complements
42 are supported too - and when to use them
</a></span></dt>
43 <dt><span class=
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"math_toolkit/stat_tut/overview/parameters.html">Parameters
44 can be calculated
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45 <dt><span class=
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47 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg.html">Worked Examples
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49 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/dist_construct_eg.html">Distribution
50 Construction Examples
</a></span></dt>
51 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/st_eg.html">Student's t Distribution
52 Examples
</a></span></dt>
54 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_intervals.html">Calculating
55 confidence intervals on the mean with the Students-t distribution
</a></span></dt>
56 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_test.html">Testing
57 a sample mean for difference from a
"true" mean
</a></span></dt>
58 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_size.html">Estimating
59 how large a sample size would have to become in order to give a significant
60 Students-t test result with a single sample test
</a></span></dt>
61 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/st_eg/two_sample_students_t.html">Comparing
62 the means of two samples with the Students-t test
</a></span></dt>
63 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/st_eg/paired_st.html">Comparing
64 two paired samples with the Student's t distribution
</a></span></dt>
66 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/cs_eg.html">Chi Squared Distribution
67 Examples
</a></span></dt>
69 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_intervals.html">Confidence
70 Intervals on the Standard Deviation
</a></span></dt>
71 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_test.html">Chi-Square
72 Test for the Standard Deviation
</a></span></dt>
73 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_size.html">Estimating
74 the Required Sample Sizes for a Chi-Square Test for the Standard Deviation
</a></span></dt>
76 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/f_eg.html">F Distribution Examples
</a></span></dt>
77 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/binom_eg.html">Binomial Distribution
78 Examples
</a></span></dt>
80 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binomial_coinflip_example.html">Binomial
81 Coin-Flipping Example
</a></span></dt>
82 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binomial_quiz_example.html">Binomial
83 Quiz Example
</a></span></dt>
84 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binom_conf.html">Calculating
85 Confidence Limits on the Frequency of Occurrence for a Binomial Distribution
</a></span></dt>
86 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binom_size_eg.html">Estimating
87 Sample Sizes for a Binomial Distribution.
</a></span></dt>
89 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/geometric_eg.html">Geometric Distribution
90 Examples
</a></span></dt>
91 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg.html">Negative Binomial
92 Distribution Examples
</a></span></dt>
94 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/neg_binom_conf.html">Calculating
95 Confidence Limits on the Frequency of Occurrence for the Negative Binomial
96 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
97 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/neg_binom_size_eg.html">Estimating
98 Sample Sizes for the Negative Binomial.
</a></span></dt>
99 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/negative_binomial_example1.html">Negative
100 Binomial Sales Quota Example.
</a></span></dt>
101 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/negative_binomial_example2.html">Negative
102 Binomial Table Printing Example.
</a></span></dt>
104 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/normal_example.html">Normal Distribution
105 Examples
</a></span></dt>
106 <dd><dl><dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/normal_example/normal_misc.html">Some
107 Miscellaneous Examples of the Normal (Gaussian) Distribution
</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
108 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/inverse_chi_squared_eg.html">Inverse
109 Chi-Squared Distribution Bayes Example
</a></span></dt>
110 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/nccs_eg.html">Non Central Chi
111 Squared Example
</a></span></dt>
112 <dd><dl><dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/nccs_eg/nccs_power_eg.html">Tables
113 of the power function of the chi
<sup>2</sup> test.
</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
114 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/error_eg.html">Error Handling
115 Example
</a></span></dt>
116 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/find_eg.html">Find Location and
117 Scale Examples
</a></span></dt>
119 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_location_eg.html">Find
120 Location (Mean) Example
</a></span></dt>
121 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_scale_eg.html">Find
122 Scale (Standard Deviation) Example
</a></span></dt>
123 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_mean_and_sd_eg.html">Find
124 mean and standard deviation example
</a></span></dt>
126 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/nag_library.html">Comparison with
127 C, R, FORTRAN-style Free Functions
</a></span></dt>
128 <dt><span class=
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"math_toolkit/stat_tut/weg/c_sharp.html">Using the Distributions
129 from Within C#
</a></span></dt>
131 <dt><span class=
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"math_toolkit/stat_tut/variates.html">Random Variates and Distribution
132 Parameters
</a></span></dt>
133 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/stat_tut/dist_params.html">Discrete Probability
134 Distributions
</a></span></dt>
136 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref.html">Statistical Distributions Reference
</a></span></dt>
138 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/nmp.html">Non-Member Properties
</a></span></dt>
139 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists.html">Distributions
</a></span></dt>
141 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/arcine_dist.html">Arcsine Distribution
</a></span></dt>
142 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/bernoulli_dist.html">Bernoulli
143 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
144 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/beta_dist.html">Beta Distribution
</a></span></dt>
145 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/binomial_dist.html">Binomial
146 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
147 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/cauchy_dist.html">Cauchy-Lorentz
148 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
149 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/chi_squared_dist.html">Chi Squared
150 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
151 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/exp_dist.html">Exponential Distribution
</a></span></dt>
152 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/extreme_dist.html">Extreme Value
153 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
154 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/f_dist.html">F Distribution
</a></span></dt>
155 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/gamma_dist.html">Gamma (and
156 Erlang) Distribution
</a></span></dt>
157 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/geometric_dist.html">Geometric
158 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
159 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/hyperexponential_dist.html">Hyperexponential
160 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
161 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/hypergeometric_dist.html">Hypergeometric
162 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
163 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/inverse_chi_squared_dist.html">Inverse
164 Chi Squared Distribution
</a></span></dt>
165 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/inverse_gamma_dist.html">Inverse
166 Gamma Distribution
</a></span></dt>
167 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/inverse_gaussian_dist.html">Inverse
168 Gaussian (or Inverse Normal) Distribution
</a></span></dt>
169 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/laplace_dist.html">Laplace Distribution
</a></span></dt>
170 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/logistic_dist.html">Logistic
171 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
172 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/lognormal_dist.html">Log Normal
173 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
174 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/negative_binomial_dist.html">Negative
175 Binomial Distribution
</a></span></dt>
176 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/nc_beta_dist.html">Noncentral
177 Beta Distribution
</a></span></dt>
178 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/nc_chi_squared_dist.html">Noncentral
179 Chi-Squared Distribution
</a></span></dt>
180 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/nc_f_dist.html">Noncentral F
181 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
182 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/nc_t_dist.html">Noncentral T
183 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
184 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/normal_dist.html">Normal (Gaussian)
185 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
186 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/pareto.html">Pareto Distribution
</a></span></dt>
187 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/poisson_dist.html">Poisson Distribution
</a></span></dt>
188 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/rayleigh.html">Rayleigh Distribution
</a></span></dt>
189 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/skew_normal_dist.html">Skew
190 Normal Distribution
</a></span></dt>
191 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/students_t_dist.html">Students
192 t Distribution
</a></span></dt>
193 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/triangular_dist.html">Triangular
194 Distribution
</a></span></dt>
195 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/uniform_dist.html">Uniform Distribution
</a></span></dt>
196 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dists/weibull_dist.html">Weibull Distribution
</a></span></dt>
198 <dt><span class=
"section"><a href=
"math_toolkit/dist_ref/dist_algorithms.html">Distribution Algorithms
</a></span></dt>
200 <dt><span class=
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