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Shape parameter

In probability theory and statistics, a shape parameter (also known as form parameter) is a kind of numerical parameter of a parametric family of probability distributions that is neither a location parameter nor a scale parameter (nor a function of these, such as a rate parameter). Such a parameter must affect the shape of a distribution rather than…

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Shape parameter

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples8
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
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related to Estimation · 5
Shape parameter → Estimators, L-moments, Many, Maximum, Most
related to Examples · 3
Shape parameter → Beta, Gaussian, The

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location shape scale also parameter distribution skewness kurtosis statistics exist probability distributions simply estimation estimators moments parameters higher exponential normal

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Shape parameterrelated to EstimationMany0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to EstimationMost0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to EstimationEstimators0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to EstimationL-moments0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to EstimationMaximum0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to ExamplesThe0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to ExamplesBeta0.60section
Shape parameterrelated to ExamplesGaussian0.60section

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