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Re: bimodal distribution [message #73750 is a reply to message #73564]

Tue, 23 November 2010 13:25

David Fanning
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Dick Jackson writes:

> I think these do give a bimodal distribution, but they overlap a lot.
> This might help, separating them by an extra two units:
>
> met_1a = randomn(seed,100000)*0.3-1.2 -1
> met_1b = randomn(seed,100000)*0.3-0.7 +1
> plot,histogram([met_1a,met_1b],binsize=0.1),psym=10
>
> Note: the X axis is off here, as you need to wrestle with Histogram()
> and Plot() to get them right, but I think this makes the point.

No wrestling needed with Histoplot. :-)

IDL> Histoplot,[met_1a,met_1b], Binsize=0.1

Cheers,

David
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		Re: bimodal distribution By: David Fanning on Tue, 23 November 2010 13:25
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