SIX SIGMA Glossary: Probability Distribution Function (PDF)

The Probability Distribution Function (pdf) is the equation that describes a distribution. The pdf gives the height of the distribution. For the normal distribution the pdf is:

pdf example

pdf equation

See also the Cumulative Distribution Function (cdf).

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