Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Statistical Distributions

The complete summaries of the frequencies of the values or categories of a measurement made on a group of items, a population, or other collection of data. The distribution tells either how many or what proportion of the group was found to have each value (or each range of values) out of all the possible values that the quantitative measure can have.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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The complete summaries of the frequencies of the values or categories of a measurement made on a group of items, a population, or other collection of data. The distribution tells either how many or what proportion of the group was found to have each value (or each range of values) out of all the possible values that the quantitative measure can have.

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3 entry terms
  • Distribution, Statistical
  • Distributions, Statistical
  • Statistical Distribution

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with subject of data /epidemiol or /statist

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History Note

98; use explode 1990-97

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  1. E05.318w.740w.994w
  2. G17w.820w
  3. N05.715w.360.750w.750w
  4. N06.850w.520w.830w.994w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Statistical Distributions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016008. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016008
  2. Statistical Distributions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_distribution
  3. Statistical Distributions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200726