shape parameter

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shape
noun
uk
/ʃeɪp/us
/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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parameter
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/pəˈræm.ɪ.tər/us
/pəˈræm.ə.t̬ɚ/
a set of facts or a fixed limit that establishes or limits how something can or must happen or ...
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(Definition ofshapeandparameterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The assumed proportion of invariable sites was 0.3369, and theshapeparameter(alpha) was 0.5681.
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The assumed proportion of invariable sites was 0.2942, and theshapeparameter(a) was 0.6026.
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Theshapeparameterfor mosquitoes that fed on amicrofilaraemic individuals is significantly higher (c=1.92), indicating that the mortality hazard strongly increases with mosquito age.
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Aggregating the monthly observations of the real data set to obtain yearly data, the two distributions become more similar, because theshapeparameteris 0.7658.
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We have considered the exponential distribution (shapeparameterl 1), and the case when l 2, which gives a skewed, bell-shaped distribution.
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Theshapeparameteris equal to 0.7654 for simulated data and 0.7060 for real data.
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The maximum correlation coefficient corresponds to the optimal value of theshapeparameter.
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Sometimes it is specified by only scale and shape and sometimes only by itsshapeparameter.
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However, distributional families can have radically different shapes depending on the value of theshapeparameter.
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Therefore, finding a reasonable choice for theshapeparameteris a necessary step in the analysis.
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When theshapeparameteris zero, the normal distribution results.
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However, forshapeparametervalues, 1, the variances (and therefore the curvatures) flatten out.
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These variances (and therefore the curvatures) are much larger for small values of theshapeparameterand.
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Both families add ashapeparameterto the normal distribution.
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Mutation effects were assumed to be gamma distributed with location and shape parameters and respectively.
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Comparing these invariants for different shape parameters then gives necessary conditions for conjugacy.
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Infection therefore had an influence on all 3 shape parameters after the effects of the other shape parameters were statistically controlled.
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We computed the appropriate shape parameters for each set of data.
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