probability density function

probability density function
in statistics, a mathematical function that describes the distribution of measurements for a population; a curve that describes a population. Its integral is the cumulative distribution function, so the probability that an individual measurement will fall between two numbers a and b is equal to the proportion of the area under the curve between points a and b, with the entire area under the function being 1.

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