Common Statistical Methods for Clinical Research with SAS Examples, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Appendix B. Common Distributions Used in Statistical Inference

• B.1 Notation 441

• B.2 Properties 442

• B.3 Results 443

• B.4 Distributional Shapes 445

B.1 Notation

Equation B.1. 

means that the random variable, X, is normally distributed with mean μ and variance σ².

Equation B.2. 

means that the random variable, X, has the chi-square distribution with υ degrees of freedom.

Equation B.3. 

means that the random variable, X, has the F-distribution with υ₁ upper and υ ...