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date: 18 February 2025

pseudo-random numbers 

Source:
A Dictionary of Statistics

Numbers generated by a mathematical formula which has the property that the generated numbers appear to be independent observations from a uniform distribution. Depending on the context, the distribution is usually a continuous uniform distribution on the interval (0, 1), or a discrete uniform distribution on the integers 0, 1,…, 9. Pseudo-random numbers are often referred to simply as ... ...

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