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distribution

distribution In research methods, a distribution describes how often different values occur in a set of data.

In research methods, a distribution describes how often different values occur in a set of data. For observed data this is a frequency distribution, and for continuous data the values are usually grouped; distributions can also be represented by mathematical forms such as the normal distribution.