A statistical distribution for which the variables may take on a continuous range of values. Abramowitz and Stegun (1972, p. 930) give a table of the parameters of most common continuous distributions.
Continuous Distribution
See also
Beta Distribution, Bivariate Distribution, Cauchy Distribution, Chi Distribution, Chi-Squared Distribution, Correlation Coefficient, Discrete Distribution, Exponential Distribution, Extreme Value Distribution, F-Distribution, Fermi-Dirac Distribution, Fisher's z-Distribution, Gamma Distribution, Half-Normal Distribution, Laplace Distribution, Lattice Distribution, Lévy Distribution, Logarithmic Distribution, Log-Series Distribution, Logistic Distribution, Maxwell Distribution, Normal Distribution, Pareto Distribution, Pearson Type III Distribution, Poisson Distribution, Ratio Distribution, Rayleigh Distribution, Rice Distribution, Snedecor's F-Distribution, Student's t-Distribution, Student's z-Distribution, Uniform Distribution, Weibull DistributionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, I. A. (Eds.). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, 9th printing. New York: Dover, pp. 927 and 930, 1972.Evans, M.; Hastings, N.; and Peacock, B. Statistical Distributions, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 2000.Kotz, S.; Balakrishnan, N.; and Johnson, N. L. Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Vol. 1: Models and Applications, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 2000.McLaughlin, M. "Common Probability Distributions." http://www.geocities.com/~mikemclaughlin/math_stat/Dists/Compendium.html.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Continuous Distribution." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ContinuousDistribution.html