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betaDistribution -- beta distribution

Synopsis

Description

The beta distribution.

i1 : X = betaDistribution(5, 6)

o1 = Beta(5,6)

o1 : ContinuousProbabilityDistribution
i2 : density_X 0.2

o2 = .6606028800000003

o2 : RR (of precision 53)
i3 : probability_X 0.3

o3 = .1502683326

o3 : RR (of precision 53)
i4 : quantile_X 0.4

o4 = .4130690986964804

o4 : RR (of precision 53)
i5 : random X

o5 = .6399548048758785

o5 : RR (of precision 53)

Ways to use betaDistribution:

For the programmer

The object betaDistribution is a method function.