What is the releationship between exponential distribution and standard deviation?

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What is the releationship between exponential distribution and standard deviation?

2006-08-09 23:56:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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The only relation I see is that they are both defined statistics.

every distribution has a standard deviation.

2006-08-10 02:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The standard deviation of an exponential distribution with parameter lambda is 1/lambda.

2006-08-10 00:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋

They are both continuous probability functions. The both deal with the area under the curve to establish the probability of a certain event occurring.

2006-08-10 00:03:52 · answer #3 · answered by V/D West 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋