Percentiles.ipynb

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   "source": [
    "# Percentiles"
   ]
  },
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       "<matplotlib.figure.Figure at 0x25a205b9cc0>"
      ]
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     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "display_data"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "%matplotlib inline\n",
    "import numpy as np\n",
    "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
    "\n",
    "vals = np.random.normal(0, 0.5, 10000)\n",
    "\n",
    "plt.hist(vals, 50)\n",
    "plt.show()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "0.0021422057356575478"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 2,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "np.percentile(vals, 50)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "0.64070301059941248"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 3,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "np.percentile(vals, 90)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "-0.41207346812009299"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 4,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "np.percentile(vals, 20)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Activity"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Experiment with different parameters when creating the test data. What effect does it have on the percentiles?"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": []
  }
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