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Archive for September 23, 2019

Day 35: Example of the Gaussian pdf

Normal distribution with marbles

The gaussian (or normal) distribution demonstrated by plinko.

Well what a fun day it is! Today we are going to dive into some examples (or maybe just an example) of the gaussian (also known as the normal) distribution. Last post we looked at the laplace distribution and discovered there aren’t a whole lot of uses for it because it is technically a special case of the exponential distribution. This isn’t the case with the gaussian, there are lots of really interesting things we can model using the distribution that are applicable to everyday life, so let’s get started!*

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