a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, defined as the proportion observed in a sample
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Changes in empirical probability distributions of individual study indices in two equal sub-periods are also investigated.
Minxue He, Mitchel Russo, Michael Anderson, Peter Fickenscher, Brett Whitin, AndrewSchwarz, Elissa Lynn 2017, 'Changes in Extremes of Temperature, Precipitation, and Runoff in California's CentralValley During 1949–2010', Hydrologyhttps://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/5/1/1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We employ the empirical probability generating function in constructing a goodness-of-fit test for negative binomial distributions.
Simos G. Meintanis 2007, 'Transform methods for testing the negative binomial hypothesis', Statisticahttp://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/92. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The empirical probability distribution function suggests a hyperbolic intermittency with divergence of moment of order greater than 2.
J. Olsson 1995, 'Limits and characteristics of the multifractal behaviour of a high-resolution rainfalltime series', Nonlinear Processes in Geophysicshttp://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/2/23/1995/npg-2-23-1995.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)