Flow Chart

of

Probability Distributions
Distributions

Prepared by:
Dr. Sunil
NIT Hamirpur (HP)
(Last updated on 17-11-2007)

Probability

Basic terminology:
• Deterministic experiment,
• Probabilistic or non-deterministic or random experiment, Sample space,
• Trial and event,
• Exhaustive events,
• Favourable events,
• Mutually exclusive events,
• Equally likely events,
• Independent and dependent events
Definitions
Mathematical (or Classical) definition of probability
Statistical (or Empirical) definition of probability
Conditional Probability
Basic theorems:
• Theorem of total probability or Addition law of probability
• Theorem of compound probability or Multiplication law of probability or the
rule of elimination
• Bayes’ theorem or Bayes’ rule or theorem of inverse probability
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Probability Distribution
Random variable (variate) or stochastic variable,
Discrete and Continuous Random variables
S. No. Discrete probability distributions Continuous probability distributions
1. Binomial Distribution Uniform Distribution
(or Bernoulli’s Distribution) (or rectangular Distribution)

2. Poisson Distribution Normal Distribution

(Limiting case of Binomial Distribution)

3. Geometric Distribution Gamma Distribution

4. Negative Binomial Distribution Exponential Distribution
5. Hypergeometric Distribution Chi-Square ( χ 2 ) Distribution
(Sampling distribution)

6. Multinominal Distribution t Distribution

(Sampling distribution of mean-SD
unknown)

7. Multivariate Hypergeometric F Distribution

Distribution (Sampling distribution)
(Variance ratio distribution)

8. Bivariate Normal Distribution

9. Beta Distribution
10. Weibull Distribution
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