Beta distribution

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Probability distribution
gptkbp:category gptkb:Exponential_family_distributions
Continuous probability distributions
Conjugate prior distributions
gptkbp:conjugatePriorFor gptkb:Bernoulli_distribution
gptkb:Binomial_distribution
gptkbp:continuity true
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction regularized incomplete beta function
gptkbp:entropy log B(alpha, beta) - (alpha-1)psi(alpha) - (beta-1)psi(beta) + (alpha+beta-2)psi(alpha+beta)
gptkbp:firstDescribed 19th century
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Arcsine_distribution_(when_alpha=beta=0.5)
gptkb:Bernoulli_distribution_(as_a_prior)
gptkb:Uniform_distribution_(when_alpha=1,_beta=1)
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase gptkb:Dirichlet_distribution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beta distribution
gptkbp:kurtosis 6*((alpha-beta)^2*(alpha+beta+1)-alpha*beta*(alpha+beta+2))/ (alpha*beta*(alpha+beta+2)*(alpha+beta+3))
gptkbp:meaning alpha/(alpha+beta)
gptkbp:mode (alpha-1)/(alpha+beta-2) (if alpha, beta > 1)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Beta_function
gptkbp:parameter alpha
beta
gptkbp:pdf f(x; alpha, beta) = x^{alpha-1} (1-x)^{beta-1} / B(alpha, beta)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dirichlet_distribution
gptkb:Beta_function
gptkb:Bernoulli_distribution
gptkb:Binomial_distribution
gptkb:Gamma_distribution
gptkbp:skewness (2*(beta-alpha)*sqrt(alpha+beta+1))/((alpha+beta+2)*sqrt(alpha*beta))
gptkbp:supports interval [0, 1]
gptkbp:usedFor modeling proportions
random variables in [0,1]
gptkbp:usedIn Bayesian statistics
gptkbp:variant (alpha*beta)/((alpha+beta)^2*(alpha+beta+1))
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:F-distribution
gptkb:Pearson_distribution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5