"Glen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Chia C Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I plotted a histogram density of my data and its smooth version using
the
> > normal kernel function. I tried to plot the estimated PDF (Laplacian &
> > Generalised Gaussian) estimated using maximum likelihood method on top
as
> > well. Graphically, its seems that Laplacian wil fit thr histogram
density
> > graph better while the Generalised Gaussian will fit the smooth version
> > (i.e. the kernel densoty version).
> >
>
> Imagine that you began with a sample from a Laplacian (double
> exponential) distribution. What will happen to the central peak after
> you smooth it with a KDE?
The peak does not changed significantly...Maybe shifted to the left a
bit...not too much!!
CCC
>
> Glen
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