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

[AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa]

Dear Jim:

Thank you very much

abou

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> > AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, PhD
> > Professor of Statistics
> > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
> > University of Southern Maine
> >
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AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, PhD
Professor of Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Southern Maine

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