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Re: Fit Gaussian function to histogram

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  • Subject: [mg118074] Re: Fit Gaussian function to histogram
  • From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:08:03 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <imsh9i$5me$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Mar 29, 4:54 am, cubsfan334 <cubsfan... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I realize that I can generate a histogram from a data set using the
> Histogram[{data},bin size] command, yet this only seems to create a
> graphic.  Is there anyway to fit a function (preferably Gaussian) to
> the histogram Mathematica creates?
>
> Thanks!

There are several ways to do it, depending on how you use the data.
See the thread "Fitting a normal distribution to a histogram",
Jun 19-23, 2008, at
https://groups.google.com/group/sci.stat.math/browse_frm/thread/ca471d2c3a09a620/4581b219f3ddea2b?hl=en


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