Intuitive Parameterization of the Bivariate Normal Distribution
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This Demonstration shows a parameterization of a bivariate normal distribution by specifying an angle of cross-correlation . The controls and are the and spreads of the blob.
Contributed by: Robert L. Brown (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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A bivariate normal distribution can be represented by three polar variables: , , or with the parameters , , , where
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Conversely, define:
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Then this gives , , from , , :
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See the Wikipedia article Gaussian function.
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