Empirical distribution
You have observed durations and want to preserve their measured shape.
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Shape previewUses the observed sample values directly; the chart groups them into a histogram. 8 observed samples.
Relative probabilityDuration (seconds)
- Use when
- You have observed durations and want to preserve their measured shape.
- Avoid when
- The sample is tiny, biased, or no longer representative of the process.
- Support
- The values represented by the observed sample or empirical interpolation method.
- Parameters
- Observed samples; the sample itself defines the empirical shape.
- Common mistake
- Assuming an empirical sample contains tail behavior that was never observed or was filtered from the data.
- Example
- Service times imported from recent transaction logs.