[Numpy-discussion] Newbie Question, Probability

[Robert Kern]

Mark Janikas wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there a way to get probability values for the various families of 
> distributions in numpy?  I.e. ala R:

We have a full complement of PDFs, CDFs, etc. in scipy.


In [1]: from scipy import stats

In [2]: stats.norm.pdf(1.96, loc=0.0, scale=1.0)
Out[2]: array(0.058440944333451469)

In [3]: stats.norm.cdf(1.96, loc=0.0, scale=1.0)
Out[3]: array(0.97500210485177952)

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Robert Kern

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