Series on Theories

Probability for Data Scientists: The Capable Chi-Squared Distribution

Interactive Visualization of the Distribution Functions

Kate Wall
Towards Data Science
7 min readFeb 26, 2022

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The purpose of this article is to introduce the chi-squared probability distribution. In generating a series of articles on probability, I aim to describe each distribution in an intuitive, concise, useful way. There will not be a focus on derivation or proofs. Instead, I hope to focus on the intuition around the distribution.

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PhD Candidate | Statistician | Engineer | Enthusiast of all things data science!