On Mon, 03 May 2004 11:41:30 -0400, "rd3d" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to know if the mixture of normal distributions is also > considered a normal distribution (with mean and variance of the mixture as > parameters). > If one looks at the graph of the mixture, it is not really bell-shaped, so > I am wondering if it can still be normally distributed. What about two bells that are 6 s.d. apart? Certainly not Normal. When you are talking about arbitrary <whatever>, do consider the extremes to make the point. -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
