/sci/ - Science & Math

How do I learn the common statistical distributions better? Like the only way one is a binomial distribution. How the fuck am I supposed to distinguish between normal, T, exponential, and geometric distributions? Those names are so unhelpful for remembering the kind of sampling phenomena they describe.
I realize my question is super retarded and open ended (how do I get better at statistics?), but godamn there must be some handy ways you used to learn.