python - What do all the distributions available in scipy.stats look like?

Question

Visualizing scipy.stats distributions

A histogram can be made of the scipy.stats normal random variable to see what the distribution looks like.

% matplotlib inline
import pandas as pd
import scipy.stats as stats
d = stats.norm()
rv = d.rvs(100000)
pd.Series(rv).hist(bins=32, normed=True)

What do the other distributions look like?

Answer 1

Visualizing all scipy.stats distributions

Based on the list of scipy.stats distributions, plotted below are the histograms and PDFs of each continuous random variable. The code used to generate each distribution is at the bottom. Note: The shape constants were taken from the examples on the scipy.stats distribution documentation pages.

alpha(a=3.57, loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

anglit(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

arcsine(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

beta(a=2.31, loc=0.00, scale=1.00, b=0.63)

betaprime(a=5.00, loc=0.00, scale=1.00, b=6.00)

bradford(loc=0.00, c=0.30, scale=1.00)

burr(loc=0.00, c=10.50, scale=1.00, d=4.30)

cauchy(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

chi(df=78.00, loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

chi2(df=55.00, loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

cosine(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

dgamma(a=1.10, loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

dweibull(loc=0.00, c=2.07, scale=1.00)

erlang(a=2.00, loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

expon(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

exponnorm(loc=0.00, K=1.50, scale=1.00)

exponpow(loc=0.00, scale=1.00, b=2.70)

exponweib(a=2.89, loc=0.00, c=1.95, scale=1.00)

f(loc=0.00, dfn=29.00, scale=1.00, dfd=18.00)

fatiguelife(loc=0.00, c=29.00, scale=1.00)

fisk(loc=0.00, c=3.09, scale=1.00)

foldcauchy(loc=0.00, c=4.72, scale=1.00)

foldnorm(loc=0.00, c=1.95, scale=1.00)

frechet_l(loc=0.00, c=3.63, scale=1.00)

frechet_r(loc=0.00, c=1.89, scale=1.00)

gamma(a=1.99, loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

gausshyper(a=13.80, loc=0.00, c=2.51, scale=1.00, b=3.12, z=5.18)

genexpon(a=9.13, loc=0.00, c=3.28, scale=1.00, b=16.20)

genextreme(loc=0.00, c=-0.10, scale=1.00)

gengamma(a=4.42, loc=0.00, c=-3.12, scale=1.00)

genhalflogistic(loc=0.00, c=0.77, scale=1.00)

genlogistic(loc=0.00, c=0.41, scale=1.00)

gennorm(loc=0.00, beta=1.30, scale=1.00)

genpareto(loc=0.00, c=0.10, scale=1.00)

gilbrat(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

gompertz(loc=0.00, c=0.95, scale=1.00)

gumbel_l(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

gumbel_r(loc=0.00, scale=1.00)

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