We define the Gaussian distribution, describe its properties, and illustrate how to use it to fit a real-world dataset.
Probability and statistics book: https://a.co/d/7k259eb
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Slides for this video: https://github.com/cfgranda/ps4ds/blob/main/slides/continuous%20variables/gaussian_handout.pdf
Code:
https://github.com/cfgranda/ps4ds/blob/main/continuous_variables/height_distribution.ipynb