# How to create MixtureModel using distributions from different families

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-mixturemodel-using-distributions-from-different-families/43874
**Category:** Statistics
**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-mixturemodel-using-distributions-from-different-families/43874 "2020-07-29T11:59:04Z")
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### Author: ![vkv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d9b06d/32.png) [@vkv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vkv)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-mixturemodel-using-distributions-from-different-families/43874/1 "2020-07-29T11:59:04Z")

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I want to create a MixtureModel from Distributions.jl using Normal distribution and Uniform distribution. Is there a way to do this?

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### Author: ![vkv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d9b06d/32.png) [@vkv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vkv)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-mixturemodel-using-distributions-from-different-families/43874/2 "2020-07-30T08:25:16Z")

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`MixtureModel([Uniform(0,50), Normal(30,5)],[1/2, 1/2])`

Is the above code snippet a valid distribution? I can sample from it. I want to use it in a Turing model.