In statistics, a probability distribution describes the range of possible values that a discrete variable (or interval of a continuous variable) can take, with the probability of the variable having a value within any subset of the range. The normal distribution (common bell curve) describes the distribution of variables measured in many naturally occurring situations. Other distributions are used, for example, for small number counts of defects (Poisson distribution) and proportions of defectives (binomial distribution).
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