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Learn more about Statistics Toolbox
• Getting Started
Key Features
• User's Guide
• Organizing Data
• Descriptive Statistics
• Statistical Visualization
• Probability Distributions
• Random Number Generation
Generating Random Data
Random Number Generation Functions
• Common Generation Methods
Direct Methods
Inversion Methods
Acceptance-Rejection Methods
• Representing Sampling Distributions Using Markov Chain Samplers
Using the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm
Using Slice Sampling
• Generating Quasi-Random Numbers
Quasi-Random Sequences
Quasi-Random Point Sets
Quasi-Random Streams
• Generating Data Using Flexible Families of Distributions
Pearson and Johnson Systems
Generating Data Using the Pearson System
Generating Data Using the Johnson System
• Hypothesis Tests
• Analysis of Variance
• Parametric Regression Analysis
• Multivariate Methods
• Cluster Analysis
• Parametric Classification
• Nonparametric Supervised Learning
• Markov Models
• Design of Experiments
• Statistical Process Control
• Parallel Statistics
Sample Data Sets
• Distribution Reference
Bibliography
• Functions
Examples
• Release Notes
Symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Common Generation Methods
Representing Sampling Distributions Using Markov Chain Samplers
Generating Quasi-Random Numbers
Generating Data Using Flexible Families of Distributions