On 20/10/14 01:28, Patrick O'Callaghan 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.
Probability *density* function, actually. :-) (All *good* people would
understand this! :-) )
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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Rolf Turner
Technical Editor ANZJS