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Is it possible to get negative values of probability from a cumulative distribution function?
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continuous random variable*
Original post by gooner1010
Is it possible to get negative values of probability from a cumulative distribution function?


No. But I suspect that there is something more to your question - what lies behind it?
Original post by gooner1010
Is it possible to get negative values of probability from a cumulative distribution function?

The probability of an event can never be negative. This makes sense as probability is informally defined to be the likelihood of an event happening, and if it definitely will not occur its probability is 0 i.e there is no likelihood of its occurrence
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Original post by Gregorius
No. But I suspect that there is something more to your question - what lies behind it?

For the question I did on continuous random variables, I obtained a negative value from integration using natural logs.
Original post by gooner1010
For the question I did on continuous random variables, I obtained a negative value from integration using natural logs.


Then your calculation went wrong somewhere.

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