# Location and Scale Parameters Let us have a random variable $X$ with probability distribution $F_X$. ![](Effects_of_a_scale_parameter_on_a_positive-support_probability_distribution.gif) ![](600px-Effect_of_a_scale_parameter_over_a_mixture_of_two_normal_probability_distributions.gif) --- Date: 20230410 Links to: Tags: References: * [Scale parameter - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_parameter)