"Glen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "Chia C Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<a0n001$b7v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > I plotted a histogram density of my data and its smooth version using the > > normal kernel function. I tried to plot the estimated PDF (Laplacian & > > Generalised Gaussian) estimated using maximum likelihood method on top as > > well. Graphically, its seems that Laplacian wil fit thr histogram density > > graph better while the Generalised Gaussian will fit the smooth version > > (i.e. the kernel densoty version). > > > > Imagine that you began with a sample from a Laplacian (double > exponential) distribution. What will happen to the central peak after > you smooth it with a KDE?
The peak does not changed significantly...Maybe shifted to the left a bit...not too much!! CCC > > Glen ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================