multinomial distribution

a probability distribution that describes the theoretical distribution of n objects sampled at random from a population of k kinds of things with regard to the number of each of the kinds that appears in the sample. By contrast, a binomial distribution involves just two variables, categories, or objects.

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January 30th 2025

decomposition of movement

difficulty of movement in which gestures are broken up into individual segments instead of being executed smoothly. It is a symptom of cerebellar lesions.