https://gdpark.blog/tags/exponential-distribution/Recent content in Exponential Distribution on gdpark.blogHugoenThu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-03-derivation-of-the-exponential-distribution/Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-03-derivation-of-the-exponential-distribution/We skip the normal distribution to derive the exponential distribution — aka the waiting time until the first event — straight from the Poisson!https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-04-derivation-of-the-gamma-distribution/Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-04-derivation-of-the-gamma-distribution/Deriving the Gamma distribution from scratch by connecting it to the Poisson process — turns out it’s just waiting for the α-th event instead of the first!!!!