Dwyer, Joan2019-04-0819661966b14571213https://hdl.handle.net/2144/34518Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.A survey of a selection of generalizations of probability inequalities of the Chebychev type for univariate distributions is presented. Conditions under which these inequalities may be used are indicated. The development of these inequalities is outlined and the results are all similarly formulated for purposes of comparison.en-USThesis/Dissertation1171902563351499181590500001161