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Re: Superimposing Normal on a Histogram of data

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  • Subject: [mg91585] Re: Superimposing Normal on a Histogram of data
  • From: axel <axel.kilian at hs-merseburg.de>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:17:53 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <g93b4p$kol$1@smc.vnet.net>

On 27 Aug., 12:43, ouadad <desmier... at forces.gc.ca> wrote:
> Can someone point me to an algorithm that allows me to plot a normal curv=
e over a histogram of residuals?  I just want to show how close my residu=
al distribution approximates a normal distribution.

Here is the code:

Needs["Histograms`"];
data = Table[Sum[Random[], {300}], {300}];
\[Mu] = Mean[data];
\[Sigma] = StandardDeviation[data];
distfunc = PDF[NormalDistribution[\[Mu], \[Sigma]], x];
histCategories = 15;
histogramGraphics =
  Histogram[data, HistogramCategories -> histCategories];
{xmin, xmax} = {Min[data], Max[data]};
distfuncGraphics =
  Plot[distfunc*Length[data]*(xmax - xmin)/(histCat + 1), {x, xmin,
    xmax}, PlotStyle -> Red];
Show[{histogramGraphics, distfuncGraphics}, PlotRange -> All]


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