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# statinf-exp-distro | |
While I was searching for real examples of exponential distribution, I came across this interesting piece[1]. | |
"To see an example of a distribution that is approximately exponential, we will look at the interarrival time of babies. | |
On December 18, 1997, 44 babies were born in a hospital in Brisbane, Australia. The times of birth for all 44 babies were | |
reported in the local paper; you can download the data from http://thinkstats.com/babyboom.dat. " | |
Later, I came across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site[2] that has data (~200 MB !) on births in the US. | |
The User Guide PDF [3] document has the columns for date and time of birth. I want to use this data in a way similar to course |