>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/6/2004 10:26:11 AM >>> > What would be good similar examples for > distributions that are symmetric but not normal (for > students who aren't yet sophisticated enough for the > Cauchy distribution to > be a good example)? Dice sums would be an obvious > choice (though of course > they converge to normal as the number of throws increases), but I think > more are needed. > .
How about the uniform distribution? Peter . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
