Formulating and Using Probability Density Functions with Familiar Geometric Shapes

Authors: 
Joseph G. Eisenhauer
Type: 
Journal Article
Volume: 
33(2)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2011
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00435.x/abstract
Abstract: 

This note shows how some density functions for continuous probability distributions can be constructed in a transparent manner to help students appreciate their development.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education