RAYLEIGH
Important Continuous Random Variable
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- The Rayleigh distribution has probability density function (pdf) This has many different shapes based on the values of b. Some examples are illustrated below
- The Rayleigh distribution has cumulative distribution function (CDF)
- The Mean for a Rayleigh Random Variable is:
- The Variance for a Rayleigh Random Variable is:
- If independent random variables X and Y are both Normal: N(0,b)
then is a Rayleigh Random Variable.
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