Re: PDF dist question.
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- Subject: [mg4212] Re: PDF dist question.
- From: txp at pi.net (JanHolland)
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 03:25:16 -0400
- Organization: txp
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
George Melikian <melikian at ups.edu> wrote: >Hello All, >Does anyone know how to generate a gaussian distribution on mathematica >such that the mean is 0 (and no points lie at x<0)? I am having great >difficulty. When I use the "NormalDistribution" function, I merely get a >dist. such that the CDF=.5 at x=0!!! >Thanks in advance...your help is very much appreciated. >George Melikian I've seen this question before (from you ?) and I dont understand it: If the mean should be 0 and no points below zero, then all points/numbers are zero isn't it ? I wonder if we talk about the same thing. What is your def of CDF ? --------------------------------------------------------------- txp at pop.pi.net -------------------------------------------- Make 4 win-win combinations with: I: yourself (discipline and play) Y: the Other person: SO, friend, boss, helper, .... U: Us:society,family,state,... (tax paying, political interest) S: Super System (transcendency: G.., Nature, Life,Environment, .... (The actualisation from the tendency to follow) Have a "story" about this to present to your children and yourself. ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====