[R] Shift the normal curve to the top or near to the top of the histogram

[Jim Lemon]

Hi Abou,
Try this:

library(plotrix)
 curve(rescale(dnorm(x
,mean=mean(Lizard.tail.lengths),sd=sd(Lizard.tail.lengths)),
c(0,6)),add=TRUE, col=2, lwd = 2)

Jim


On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:35 AM, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa
<abouelmakarim1962 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All:
>
> One more thing.
>
> I want to add the normal curve to the histogram. Is there away to stretch
> the peak of the curve to the top of the histogram or at least near to the
> top of the histogram.
>
> Please see the code below.
>
>
> Lizard.tail.lengths <- c(6.2, 6.6, 7.1, 7.4, 7.6, 7.9, 8, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5,
> 8.6,8.8, 8.8, 9.1, 9.2, 9.4, 9.4, 9.7, 9.9, 10.2, 10.4, 10.8,11.3, 11.9)
>
> x<-seq(5,12, 0.001)
>
> hist(Lizard.tail.lengths, main = "Normal Probability Plot of Lizard Tail
> Lengths")
>
> curve(dnorm(x ,mean=mean(Lizard.tail.lengths),sd=sd(Lizard.tail.lengths)),
> add=TRUE, col=2, lwd = 2)
>
>
>
> with many thanks
> abou
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> University of Southern Maine
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