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Discrete Uniform Distribution

The document describes a discrete uniform distribution, which has equal probabilities for N equally spaced values between a lower limit a and upper limit b. It provides the probability mass function and formulas for the expected value and variance of the distribution.

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Discrete Uniform Distribution

The document describes a discrete uniform distribution, which has equal probabilities for N equally spaced values between a lower limit a and upper limit b. It provides the probability mass function and formulas for the expected value and variance of the distribution.

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Discrete Uniform Distribution

Basic References: Clculo de probabilidades y Estadstica . H. Fernndez-Abascal et al. (Ed. Ariel, Barcelona (SPAIN), 1994) Distributions in Statistics . N.L. Johnson et al. (Vol. 1-4). (Ed. J. Wiley y
Houghton M. Co., 1992, 1994, 1997). Copyright 2001 J.L. Rojo

The parameters, say N (number of


values), a and b (lower and upper
values) can be changed with a<b and
N<20. (h is the interval between two
consecutive values, and is computed
by the program)

Mode(s)= All the N values


Med(X)=
5.000
Fisher g1=
0.000
Symmetric
Fisher g2=
-1.224
Flat
Quantiles
Distribution function
qr
r
x
F(x)
0.1
1
0
0.00000
0.25
3
1
0.10000
0.5
5
2
0.20000
0.75
8
3
0.30000
0.9
9
4
0.40000
(Enter other x -values or r -percentages)
A random variable, X , has a Discrete Uniform distribution if there are
equal probabilities for N equally spaced values between a lower limit, a,
and an upper limit, b (a<b ). The probability mass function of X equals
p[X=a+(j-1)h]=1/N , for j=1,...,N , h being the interval between two
consecutive values, h=(b-a)/(N-1) . The standard form of the discrete
uniform distribution is obtained by setting Y=1+(X-a)/h. The values taken
by Y are 1,2,...,N with equal probabilities for (a=1 , b=N, h=1, p[Y=j]=1/N,
j=1,...,N ). Moments of X follow the formulas E[X]=a+h(N-1)/2
(E[Y]=(N+1)/2 ), Var(X)=h 2 (N 2 -1)/12 (Var(Y)=(N 2 -1)/12 ), m 3 =0 ,

m 4 =h 4 (3N 2 -7)(N 2 -1)/240 for X (central third and fourth moments for Y
are obtained by making h equal to unity). Obviously, every value is a
mode. The median equals Me X =a+(N/2-1)h if N is even, and Me X =E[X]
if N is odd. The skewness and (excess of) kurtosis coefficients are
derived from the previous moments, g 1 =0 , g 2 =[3(3N 2 -7)]/[5(N 2 -1)]-3 .

Discrete Uniform Distribution


0.12

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Prob. mass function

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Distribution function

Distribution function

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5.5
8.250
2.872

Prob. mass function

N=
a=
b=
h=
E[X]=
Var(X)=
Std. Dev.(X)=

N/2=
Integer part of N/2=
Computing Distr. Function
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