Shape Parameter

In probability theory and statistics, a shape parameter is a kind of numerical parameter of a parametric family of probability distributions.

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    ““Must a name mean something?” Alice asked doubtfully.
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    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)