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The uniform distribution - Python Tutorial
From the course: Machine Learning Foundations: Statistics
The uniform distribution
- [Instructor] Imagine you're invited to a birthday party, but your friend forgot to note the date. If you try to guess his birthday randomly, you'll struggle a lot. The probability of guessing his birthday equals one divided by 365 as there are 365 days in a year. So every day of the year is equally likely to be his birthday. This probability follows a uniform distribution. Uniform distribution is a form of probability distribution in which an event is equally likely to occur between a certain interval. The most famous example of uniform distribution is rolling a six-sided die. The probability of getting any number from one to six is equally likely and is equal to 1/6 or approximately 0.167. (upbeat music) (bell buzzes) Can you think of one more famous example of uniform distribution? That's right, tossing a coin. The probability of getting heads and probability of getting tails is the same and equal to 0.5.…
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