The Continuous Uniform Distribution

​
parameter a
1.
parameter b
2.
mean:
a+b
2
=
1.500
variance:
1
12
2
(b-a)
=
0.083
The continuous uniform distribution on an interval
[a,b]
assigns equal probability to intervals of equal size within
[a,b]
. It provides a probabilistic model for selecting a real number at random from
[a,b]
.

External Links

Uniform Distribution (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Chris Boucher
​
​"The Continuous Uniform Distribution"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheContinuousUniformDistribution/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: October 19, 2007