Definition

Probability distribution

Also known as: distribution

A description that assigns a probability to each possible outcome of a random process, with all the probabilities adding up to 1. For a single fair coin flip the distribution is simply heads 0.5 and tails 0.5. For richer setups, like the number of heads in many flips, it spreads probability across many outcomes and reveals which results are common and which are rare.


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