Is data normally distributed?
A histogram is an efficient visual tool to examine whether your data is normally distributed, or centered around the mean.
matplotlib.pyplot is imported as plt and the array prices is available in your workspace.
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Python for Finance
Exercise instructions
- Plot a histogram of
priceswith 100 bins to confirm that the data is normally distributed. - Display the plot.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Plot histogram
____(prices, bins=____)
# Display plot
plt.show()