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Cauchy as the distribution of tg(q).
   Cauchy as the ratio of two standard normal r.v..
   Reciprocal of Cauchy is Cauchy.
   Sample mean of the Cauchy distribution is Cauchy.

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The distribution of the sample mean does not depend on the     sample size, and is therefore identical to the "mother" distribution.

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Basic properties of the Chi-square distribution.

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Why lose one degree of freedom ?

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Shapes of the Chi-square distribution (number of degrees of     freedom adjustbale).
    Distribution of the true or estimated variance.

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Basic properties of the exponential distribution.

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Estimating the mean by the method of Maximum Likelihood.

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Memoryless property of the exponential distribution.

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Strong memoryless property of the exponential distribution.

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Hazard rate function, failure rate.

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Probability for a component to be the first one to fail.

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Components in series, parallel, and on standby.

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Expected lifetime of a system made of components in parallel.    Distributions of the spacings of the exponential distribution.

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The "2// vs. 1" problem.

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Random (geometric) sum of exponential variables.

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Distributions of X₁ and of X₂ under the condition X₁ < X₂

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Basic properties (mean, mode, standard deviation).

Estimating the mean by the method of Maximum Likelihood.

Memoryless property of the exponential distribution (probabilistic     viewpoint).

Memoryless property of the exponential distribution (distributional     viewpoint).
   Strong memoryless property of the exponential distribution.

Probability for a component to be the first one to fail.

Distribution of the min of several independent exponentials.

Expected lifetime of an "all parallel" system.
   Distribution of the spacings of the exponential distribution.

Distributions of X₁ and of X₂ under the condition X₁ < X₂

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Analytical form of Fisher's F distribution

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Shapes of Fisher's distribution depending of the values of the    numbers of degrees of freedom.

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Basic properties of the Gamma distribution

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The Gamma distribution as a sum of iid exponentials.

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Basic properties of the normal distribution

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Estimation of the parameters of the normal distribution

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Basic properties of normally distributed random variables

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Normal distribution whose mean is itself a
   normally distributed r.v..

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Sample mean is normally distributed

Estimation of the parameters of the normal distribution
   by the method of Maximum Likelihood

Normal distribution whose mean is itself a
   normally distributed r.v..

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The standard bivariate normal distribution

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Uncorrelated yet not independent normal r.v..

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 Binormal distribution. Influence of :
        * The standard deviations,
        * and the correlation coefficient
    of the marginal distributions.

Two examples of uncorrelated yet not independent normal r.v..

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Distributions of the order statistics
   of the uniform distribution.

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Distributions of the order statistics
   of the uniform distribution.

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Analytical form of Student's t distribution

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Student's t, normal and Cauchy distributions.
   Progressive histogram of Student's t distribution.

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Basic properties of the uniform distribution

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Some applications of the uniform distribution.

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Solutions to the four problems is the Glossary.

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Four illustrated problems :
       * The "broken stick" distribution.
       * The "Shortest segment" problem.
       * The "Longest segment" problem.
       * The "Random choice" problem.

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Bivariate transformations form first principles