Why do I get values above 1 in ksdensity?

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Hi everyone, I've been plotting a ksdensity on a variable distribution, I noticed on the y axis values above 1. Isn't supposed to be a [0-1] probability of occurence of the xaxis value? Thanks

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson il 13 Ott 2016
"Unlike a probability, a probability density function can take on values greater than one; for example, the uniform distribution on the interval [0, ½] has probability density f(x) = 2 for 0 ≤ x ≤ ½ and f(x) = 0 elsewhere."

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Marouen
Marouen il 14 Ott 2016
I found out that it actually integrates to 1. Thank Walter for your help.

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