notbanker/fourth_root_transform.py

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Turning exponentially distributed data into normally distributed data

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fourth_root_transform.py

	import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
	import numpy as np
	x = np.random.exponential(size=5000)
	y = [ pow(x_,0.2654) for x_ in x]
	plt.hist(y,bins=51)
	plt.show()

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