CS 700 Assignment 2
Consider the two data sets - normal.txt and not-normal.txt. For each data set, do the following exercises:
- Find the mean and variance of the sample data
- Find the median, first, second, and third quartile
of the sample data
- Plot the sample data using a histogram
- Draw the quantile plot for the sample data
- Compare the distribution of the sample data against
the theoretical normal distribution using a Q-Q plot
Note: You can use a program such as Microsoft Excel/OpenOffice
Calc/Matlab/Mathematica/etc. for doing these exercises, or you can do
them without the help of any program.