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January 13th 2025

beta distribution

beta distribution

a family of probability distributions whose values range from 0 to 1 and whose shape is defined by two quantities (parameters) referred to as α and β. A beta distribution provides the likelihood of obtaining each of the possible values within the 0, 1 range.