SAP ABAP Data Element QFPARAM (Distribution parameters)
Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   CA-GTF-MF (Application Component) Mathematical Functions
     BSF (Package) R/3 Central: Statistics Functions
Basic Data
Data Element QFPARAM
Short Description Distribution parameters  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type QFSTATWERT    
Data Type FLTP   Floating point number, accurate to 8 bytes 
Length 16    
Decimal Places 16    
Output Length 23    
Value Table      
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Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Parameters 
Medium 15 Parameters 
Long 20 Parameters 
Heading 55 Distribution parameters 
Documentation

Definition

Probability distribution parameter

Use

Many probability distributions which are used in statistics are parameterized with one or more parameters. Only when the parameter values are assigned is the particular distribution from within a family of distributions fully specified.

Example

The normal distribution has a position and a scale parameter.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19980909 
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