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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview.html">Overview of Distributions</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/headers.html">Headers and
        Namespaces</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/objects.html">Distributions
        are Objects</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/generic.html">Generic operations
        common to all distributions are non-member functions</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/complements.html">Complements
        are supported too - and when to use them</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/parameters.html">Parameters
        can be calculated</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/overview/summary.html">Summary</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg.html">Worked Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/dist_construct_eg.html">Distribution
        Construction Examples</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg.html">Student's t Distribution
        Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_intervals.html">Calculating
          confidence intervals on the mean with the Students-t distribution</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_test.html">Testing
          a sample mean for difference from a "true" mean</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/tut_mean_size.html">Estimating
          how large a sample size would have to become in order to give a significant
          Students-t test result with a single sample test</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/two_sample_students_t.html">Comparing
          the means of two samples with the Students-t test</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/st_eg/paired_st.html">Comparing
          two paired samples with the Student's t distribution</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg.html">Chi Squared Distribution
        Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_intervals.html">Confidence
          Intervals on the Standard Deviation</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_test.html">Chi-Square
          Test for the Standard Deviation</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/cs_eg/chi_sq_size.html">Estimating
          the Required Sample Sizes for a Chi-Square Test for the Standard Deviation</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/f_eg.html">F Distribution Examples</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg.html">Binomial Distribution
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binomial_coinflip_example.html">Binomial
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binomial_quiz_example.html">Binomial
          Quiz Example</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binom_conf.html">Calculating
          Confidence Limits on the Frequency of Occurrence for a Binomial Distribution</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/binom_eg/binom_size_eg.html">Estimating
          Sample Sizes for a Binomial Distribution.</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/geometric_eg.html">Geometric Distribution
        Examples</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg.html">Negative Binomial
        Distribution Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/neg_binom_conf.html">Calculating
          Confidence Limits on the Frequency of Occurrence for the Negative Binomial
          Distribution</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/neg_binom_size_eg.html">Estimating
          Sample Sizes for the Negative Binomial.</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/negative_binomial_example1.html">Negative
          Binomial Sales Quota Example.</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/neg_binom_eg/negative_binomial_example2.html">Negative
          Binomial Table Printing Example.</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/normal_example.html">Normal Distribution
        Examples</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/normal_example/normal_misc.html">Some
          Miscellaneous Examples of the Normal (Gaussian) Distribution</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/inverse_chi_squared_eg.html">Inverse
        Chi-Squared Distribution Bayes Example</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/nccs_eg.html">Non Central Chi
        Squared Example</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/nccs_eg/nccs_power_eg.html">Tables
          of the power function of the chi<sup>2</sup> test.</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/error_eg.html">Error Handling
        Example</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg.html">Find Location and
        Scale Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_location_eg.html">Find
          Location (Mean) Example</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_scale_eg.html">Find
          Scale (Standard Deviation) Example</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/find_eg/find_mean_and_sd_eg.html">Find
          mean and standard deviation example</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/nag_library.html">Comparison with
        C, R, FORTRAN-style Free Functions</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/weg/c_sharp.html">Using the Distributions
        from Within C#</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="stat_tut/dist_params.html">Discrete Probability
      Distributions</a></span></dt>
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      This library is centred around statistical distributions, this tutorial will
      give you an overview of what they are, how they can be used, and provides a
      few worked examples of applying the library to statistical tests.
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