Multiple choice

A probability density function with multiple local maxima is referred to as:

  1. student's t-distribution

  2. unimodal

  3. multimodal

  4. Cauchy distribution

  5. measurement error
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C Correct answer
Explanation

When a probability density function has multiple local maxima, it is common to refer to all of the local maxima as modes of the distribution. Such a continuous distribution is called multimodal (as opposed to unimodal).

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