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Relationships among probability distributions

Summary
In probability theory and statistics, there are several relationships among probability distributions. These relations can be categorized in the following groups: One distribution is a special case of another with a broader parameter space Transforms (function of a random variable); Combinations (function of several variables); Approximation (limit) relationships; Compound relationships (useful for Bayesian inference); Duality; Conjugate priors. A binomial distribution with parameters n = 1 and p is a Bernoulli distribution with parameter p. A negative binomial distribution with parameters n = 1 and p is a geometric distribution with parameter p. A gamma distribution with shape parameter α = 1 and rate parameter β is an exponential distribution with rate parameter β. A gamma distribution with shape parameter α = v/2 and rate parameter β = 1/2 is a chi-squared distribution with ν degrees of freedom. A chi-squared distribution with 2 degrees of freedom (k = 2) is an exponential distribution with a mean value of 2 (rate λ = 1/2 .) A Weibull distribution with shape parameter k = 1 and rate parameter β is an exponential distribution with rate parameter β. A beta distribution with shape parameters α = β = 1 is a continuous uniform distribution over the real numbers 0 to 1. A beta-binomial distribution with parameter n and shape parameters α = β = 1 is a discrete uniform distribution over the integers 0 to n. A Student's t-distribution with one degree of freedom (v = 1) is a Cauchy distribution with location parameter x = 0 and scale parameter γ = 1. A Burr distribution with parameters c = 1 and k (and scale λ) is a Lomax distribution with shape k (and scale λ.) Multiplying the variable by any positive real constant yields a scaling of the original distribution. Some are self-replicating, meaning that the scaling yields the same family of distributions, albeit with a different parameter: normal distribution, gamma distribution, Cauchy distribution, exponential distribution, Erlang distribution, Weibull distribution, logistic distribution, error distribution, power-law distribution, Rayleigh distribution.
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