S4M03 Lecture #02 1998-09-14

Histograms and other graphical estimates of bivariate probability density

3-D plot of the standard bivariate normal probability density

Graphical displays of bivariate data

I generated n = 500 observations from a standard bivariate normal distribution. Click here to get the data.

Scatter plot

Bivariate grouped data table

TABLE OF Z2R (ROWS) BY Z1R (COLUMNS)

-2.5

-2.0

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

TOTAL

-3.0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

-2.5

0

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

4

-2.0

1

0

2

3

0

2

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

13

-1.5

0

0

2

4

14

8

12

7

3

0

0

0

1

51

-1.0

1

2

4

5

7

7

13

3

2

1

3

1

0

49

0.5

0

1

7

7

11

19

22

6

9

1

1

1

0

85

0.0

0

2

11

17

19

23

15

13

8

4

0

0

0

112

0.5

0

0

7

10

18

22

12

8

5

3

0

0

0

85

1.0

0

2

4

4

6

12

8

4

3

1

0

0

0

44

1.5

0

2

3

6

4

7

6

4

2

2

0

0

0

36

2.0

0

0

1

1

2

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

8

2.5

0

0

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

9

3.0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

TOTAL

2

10

42

60

84

102

96

50

35

12

4

2

1

500

Bivariate histogram

Bivariate frequency polygon

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