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"\n# Normal distribution: histogram and PDF\n\nExplore the normal distribution: a histogram built from samples and the\nPDF (probability density function).\n"
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"import numpy as np\nimport scipy as sp\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n\ndist = sp.stats.norm(loc=0, scale=1) # standard normal distribution\nsample = dist.rvs(size=100000) # \"random variate sample\"\nplt.hist(\n sample,\n bins=51, # group the observations into 50 bins\n density=True, # normalize the frequencies\n label=\"normalized histogram\",\n)\n\nx = np.linspace(-5, 5) # possible values of the random variable\nplt.plot(x, dist.pdf(x), label=\"PDF\")\nplt.legend()\nplt.show()"
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