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Exercise

Plot histogram of Gaussian Mixture

We can use histograms to get a general overview of the distribution of a mixture model. From a histogram, we may be able to infer how many components it might have and if the distributional assumptions are suitable.

Instructions

100 XP
  • Using ggplot(), create the histogram for the simulated data mixture. To do so, first, transform the mixture into a data frame that has a variable x.
  • Then, using the function geom_histogram(), specify that the y axis should be the density and the number of bins is 50.