SOLUTION: Explain what is wrong and why it is wrong. If in a probability distribution you get the sum of probabilities less than one, it just means that you have a smaller-than-normal dis

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Question 366056: Explain what is wrong and why it is wrong.
If in a probability distribution you get the sum of probabilities less than one, it just means that you have a smaller-than-normal distribution

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Wrong, for any probability distribution, the sum of all possible probability values must equal one.

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