Appendix A
Common Statistical Distributions
For ease of reference, the main statistical distributions used in this book appear in Tables A.1 and A.2.
Table A.1 Continuous Univariate Distributions
| Name | Parameters | Density Function |
| Beta |  |
|
mean =  |
 |
|
var. =  |
||
| Normal | mean  , |
|
| (using precision) | precision  |
 |
var. =  |
||
| Normal | mean  , |
 |
| (using variance) | variance  |
|
| Gamma | ||
| mean = |
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