Statistics/Normal distribution: Difference between revisions

Pairs of normal numbers are generated from pairs of uniform numbers using the polar form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box%E2%80%93Muller_transform Box-Muller method]. A normal density is added to the histogram for comparison. See '''[http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?histogram histogram]''' in Stata help. A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%E2%80%93Q_plot Q-Q plot] is also drawn.