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  31               Distributions are objects, which are constructed from whatever parameters
  32               the distribution may have.
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  35               Member functions allow you to retrieve the parameters of a distribution.
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  38               Generic non-member functions provide access to the properties that
  39               are common to all the distributions (PDF, CDF, quantile etc).
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  42               Complements of probabilities are calculated by wrapping the function's
  43               arguments in a call to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">complement</span><span class="special">(...)</span></code>.
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  46               Functions that accept a probability can accept a complement of the
  47               probability as well, by wrapping the function's arguments in a call
  48               to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">complement</span><span class="special">(...)</span></code>.
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  51               Static member functions allow the parameters of a distribution to be
  52               found from other information.
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  56           Now that you have the basics, the next section looks at some worked examples.
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