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Table of Contents  Univariate Data Distributions Most common distributons Uniform Distribution |
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| See also: normal distribution, bernoulli distribution |   |
| Definition | 
The value of the parameter of interest is equally distributed over the entire valid range of the argument. |
| Graphical View |
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| Applications | Random numbers generated by computers usually show a uniform distribution. Note that a normal distribution can be approximated from a uniform distribution by applying the central limit theorem. |
| First Moment |  |
| Second Moment |  |
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