import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from scipy import stats np.random.seed(12456) x1 = np.random.normal(size=200) # random data, normal distribution xs = np.linspace(x1.min()-1, x1.max()+1, 200) kde1 = stats.gaussian_kde(x1) kde2 = stats.gaussian_kde(x1, bw_method='silverman') fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6)) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(211) ax1.plot(x1, np.zeros(x1.shape), 'b+', ms=12) # rug plot ax1.plot(xs, kde1(xs), 'k-', label="Scott's Rule") ax1.plot(xs, kde2(xs), 'b-', label="Silverman's Rule") ax1.plot(xs, stats.norm.pdf(xs), 'r--', label="True PDF") ax1.set_xlabel('x') ax1.set_ylabel('Density') ax1.set_title("Normal (top) and Student's T$_{df=5}$ (bottom) distributions") ax1.legend(loc=1) x2 = stats.t.rvs(5, size=200) # random data, T distribution xs = np.linspace(x2.min() - 1, x2.max() + 1, 200) kde3 = stats.gaussian_kde(x2) kde4 = stats.gaussian_kde(x2, bw_method='silverman') ax2 = fig.add_subplot(212) ax2.plot(x2, np.zeros(x2.shape), 'b+', ms=12) # rug plot ax2.plot(xs, kde3(xs), 'k-', label="Scott's Rule") ax2.plot(xs, kde4(xs), 'b-', label="Silverman's Rule") ax2.plot(xs, stats.t.pdf(xs, 5), 'r--', label="True PDF") ax2.set_xlabel('x') ax2.set_ylabel('Density') plt.show()