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From: roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson)
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Subject: Re: Curve fitting to a histogram to give a probability density function.
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:01:51 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <g2jil5$j4u$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Tom Lane <tlane@mathworks.com> wrote:

>I agree with Walter that you are usually better off fitting a distribution 
>to the raw data rather than fitting a curve to the histogram.

I didn't say or hint that, but it sounds like a good idea to me!
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