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Normal Distribution as Approximation to Binomial Distribution
experiments = 1000
visitors = 250
conversion_rate = 0.3
expected_conversions = visitors * conversion_rate
expected_sd = sqrt( visitors * conversion_rate * ( 1 - conversion_rate ) )
sd_for_axis_range = 4.5
axis_divisions = 5
results = vector()
for ( experiment in 1:experiments ) {
conversions = 0
for ( visitor in 1:visitors ) {
if ( runif( 1 ) <= conversion_rate ) {
conversions = conversions + 1
}
}
results = c( results, conversions )
}
par( oma = c( 0, 2, 0, 0 ) )
axis_min = floor( ( expected_conversions - sd_for_axis_range * expected_sd ) / axis_divisions ) * axis_divisions
axis_max = ceiling( ( expected_conversions + sd_for_axis_range * expected_sd ) / axis_divisions ) * axis_divisions
hist( results, axes = FALSE, breaks = seq( axis_min, axis_max, by = 1 ), ylab = 'Probability', xlab = 'Conversions', freq = FALSE, col = '#4B85ED', main = 'Distribution of Results' )
axis( side = 1, at = seq( axis_min, axis_max, by = axis_divisions ), pos = 0, col = "#666666", col.axis = "#666666", lwd = 1, tck = -0.015 )
axis( side = 2, col = "#666666", col.axis = "#666666", lwd = 1, tck = -0.015 )
curve( dnorm(x, mean = conversion_rate * visitors, sd = expected_sd ), add = TRUE, col = "red", lwd = 4 )
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