so for example, see if you can get the approximate mean temps .... for chicago ... across the past 50 years ... put month on X and mean temp on Y ...
try for atlanta ... bismark nd ... san deigo ... honolulu ...
while the general heights of the distributions will vary and, show month to month variations ... the general pattern of the graph ... though not exactly continuous along the baseline ... looks sort of normal ...
here is one from a minitab file on cities data
the baseline months go from jan to dec
Atlanta - * *
- *
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72+ *
- *
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-
- *
60+ *
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-
-
- * *
48+
- *
- * *
-
------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+Month
2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0
then try the southern hemisphere!
At 03:36 PM 10/24/2002, Stan Brown wrote:
My class is starting normal distributions today, and I asked them to name some distributions and say whether they were normal.One student suggested seasons, such as high temperatures. Those are more nearly cyclical, but then I got to wondering if there are any seasonal or climate phenomena that are normally distributed. I can't think of any, but I wonder if I'm overlooking an obvious example. Any suggestions? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com "Honesty always gives you the advantage of surprise." -- /Yes, Prime Minister/ . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
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