Julia for Data Science

Understanding the normal distribution

The normal distribution is the core of inferential statistics. It is like a bell curve (also called a Gaussian curve). Most of the complex processes can be defined by the normal distribution.

Let's see what a normal distribution looks like. First, we will import the necessary packages. We are including RDatasets now, but will be using it later:

We first set the seed and then explore the normal function:

As per the warning given, we can also use fieldnames instead of names. It is recommended to use fieldnames ...