On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:28:45 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sat, 2014-10-18 at 01:10 +0000, Bill Oliver wrote:
> Here's the problem. Let's say you have a set of data and you want to
> characterize it in order to use it as the basis of a model. In order
> to do that, you really need to know the underlying PDF.
I assume you mean Probability Distribution Function, not Portable
Document Format. That might not be clear to everyone, particularly on a
list such as this one.
Good point :-) Though the "probability density function" (actually, not
probability distribution function which is typically but not always used to refer to the
"cumulative distribution function" or the CDF) precedes electricity much less
the development of electronic computers or software...
I will be answering Bill Oliver off-list.
Best wishes,
Ranjan:-)
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