Plotting normal distributions

A certain restaurant chain has been collecting data about customer spending. The data shows that the spending is approximately normally distributed, with a mean of $3.15 and a standard deviation of $1.50 per customer.

This exercise is part of the course

Foundations of Probability in Python

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Exercise instructions

  • Import norm from scipy.stats, matplotlib.pyplot as plt, and seaborn as sns.
  • Generate a normal distribution sample with mean 3.15 and standard deviation 1.5.
  • Plot the sample generated.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Import norm, matplotlib.pyplot, and seaborn
from scipy.stats import ____
import matplotlib.pyplot as ____
import seaborn as ____

# Create the sample using norm.rvs()
sample = norm.____(loc=____, scale=____, size=10000, random_state=13)

# Plot the sample
sns.____(____)
plt.show()