AproxPoisNorm {LearningStats}

Illustration of the Normal approximation to Poisson

Description

When certain conditions are met (see Details), the Poisson distribution can be approximated by the Normal one. The function AproxPoisNorm illustrates this fact by plotting the mass diagram corresponding with the discrete distribution (parameter is given by the user) on which the associated Normal density function is also displayed.

Usage

AproxPoisNorm(lambda, legend = TRUE, xlab = "", ylab = "Probability",
  main = "Normal approximation to Poisson", col.fill = "grey",
  col.line = "red", lwd = 2)

Arguments

lambda

mean of the Poisson distribution.

legend

logical argument indicating whether to display the legend on the plot or not, default to TRUE.

xlab

x-axis label; default to empty.

ylab

y-axis label; default to "Probability".

main

title; default to "Normal approximation to Poisson".

col.fill

colour to fill the bars; default to grey.

col.line

colour to draw the line of the Normal density; default to red.

lwd

line width for the Normal density, a positive number; default to 2.

Details

The approximation is accurate only if lambda>=10.

Value

This function is called for the side effect of drawing the plot.

Examples

lambda=15
AproxPoisNorm(lambda)
AproxPoisNorm(lambda,col.fill="blue",col.line="orange")
AproxPoisNorm(lambda,legend=FALSE)