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Module by: Susan Dean, Dr. Barbara Illowsky

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Name: Continuous Random Variables: The Exponential Distribution
ID: m16816
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces the properties of the exponential distribution, the behavior of probabilities that reflect a large number of small values and a small number of high values.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: continuous, distribution, elementary, exponential, function, random, statistics, variable
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Dr. Barbara Illowsky (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maxfield Foundation (cnx@cnx.org)
Maintainers: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Dr. Barbara Illowsky (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)
Version: 1.9 (history)
Created: Jun 6, 2008 9:52 am GMT-5
Revised: Oct 27, 2008 12:51 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.9 Oct 27, 2008 12:51 pm GMT-5 by James Cooper
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Version: 1.5 Jul 9, 2008 12:43 pm GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
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Version: 1.2 Jun 27, 2008 1:49 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
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Version: 1.1 Jun 22, 2008 6:43 pm GMT-5 by Jonathan Emmons
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