Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cumulative distribution function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: cu-mu-la-tive dis-tri-bu-tion -func-tion
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

30

Letters

9

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A function which at each point t of the sample space has as its value the probability that a given random variable is less than (or equal) t. In symbols, F_X(t)=Pr(X

Inflected Forms

cumulative distribution functions (plural)

Questions

What does cumulative distribution function mean?: A function which at each point t of the sample space has as its value the probability that a given random variable is less than (or equal) t. In symbols, F_X(t)=Pr(X

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