empirical distribution

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009409",
  "term": "empirical distribution",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A representation of observed values or data of a series or population.\n\n2. A distribution obtained from actual data and possibly smoothed with interpolation techniques. Data are not fit to a particular parametric distribution (e.g., normal, lognormal), but are described by the percentile values.\n\n3. A representation of observed values or data of a series or population. [FDA 2002][",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "FDA 2002",
    "EPA Definitions of Terms Relevant to PRA and References for Further Reading at http://www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/rags3adt/pdf/appendixe.pdf",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/empirical-distribution/"
}