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Distribution

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    Distribution

    The variation in the values of a variable.

    The type of distribution can be described by the type of variable (e.g., continuous distributiondiscrete distribution) or by the way the values were obtained (e.g., experimental distributionpopulation distributionsample distribution). Other types of distribution described in this glossary are frequency distributionsampling distribution, and theoretical distribution.

    See: continuous distribution, discrete distributionexperimental distributionfrequency distribution, population distributionsample distributionsampling distributiontheoretical distribution

    Curriculum achievement objectives references

    Statistical investigation: Levels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

    Probability: Levels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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