JenniferMurphy
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I have some data that I have been collecting from a game of solitaire. When I plot it opn a scatter chart, it looks like a normal distribution -- actually a truncated normal distribution. I have been able to more or less fit a standard normal distribution to the data after some trial and error (mostly error), but my attempts at fitting a truncarted normal distribution have failed.
xl2bb tells me that the data is too large to post here, so I have uploaded the workbook to this OneDrive folder.
Solitaire Data
The workbook has 2 sheets. One has my data and the equations I have tried to make fit. The other has detailed explanations. There is also a csv file with just the data.
Here's one of the charts:
These standard normal distributions almost fit, but I think a truncated normal would fit better, because the data is actually truncated on the left. This is all explained in the Overview sheet.
xl2bb tells me that the data is too large to post here, so I have uploaded the workbook to this OneDrive folder.
Solitaire Data
The workbook has 2 sheets. One has my data and the equations I have tried to make fit. The other has detailed explanations. There is also a csv file with just the data.
Here's one of the charts:
These standard normal distributions almost fit, but I think a truncated normal would fit better, because the data is actually truncated on the left. This is all explained in the Overview sheet.