In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, rd3d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I would like to know if the mixture of normal distributions is also >considered a normal distribution (with mean and variance of the mixture as >parameters).
No finite mixture of distinct normal distributions can possibly be normal. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
