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shows what happens when you mix large and small sample sizes
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pylab import savefig
import numpy as np
from numpy.random import rand, randint
def flipsome(n):
flip = lambda: randint(0,2)
return sum(flip() for _ in range(n)) / float(n)
interval = 1000
begin, end = -450000, 0
length = end-begin
intervals = length/interval
a = np.linspace(begin,end,intervals+1)
for i in range(1,21):
b = [flipsome(interval) for _ in range(intervals)]
b.append(flipsome(65)) # final data point
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
fig.patch.set_visible(False)
ax.axis('off')
plt.plot(a,b)
savefig('figure %s.png' % i)
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