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You don't just fit a Gaussian distribution to a timeseries dataset. That's not what a Gaussian curve is designed for at all. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/in
by j_maffe 2mo ago
You don't just fit a Gaussian distribution to a timeseries dataset. That's not what a Gaussian curve is designed for at all.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1725:_Linear_Regression https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1725:_Linear_Regr...
- khalic 2mo agoYou are confusing a Probability Density Function (PDF) with a phenomenological curve fit. No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution.
- j_maffe 2mo ago> No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution. You are doing that implicitly by fitting a Gaussian curve.
- khalic 2mo agoFitting a mathematical function to a dataset does not implicitly adopt the ontological baggage of probability theory. That is a fundamental misunderstanding of applied mathematics