How to calculate probability in a normal distribution given mean standard deviation

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How to calculate probability in normal distribution given mean, std in Python? I can always explicitly code my own function according to the definition like the OP in this question did: Calculating Probability of a Random Variable in a Distribution in Python

Just wondering if there is a library function call will allow you to do this. In my imagine it would like this:

nd = NormalDistribution(mu=100, std=12)
p = nd.prob(98)

There is a similar question in Perl: How can I compute the probability at a point given a normal distribution in Perl?. But I didn't see one in Python.

Numpy has a random.normal function, but it's like sampling, not exactly what I want.

Apr 5, 2022 in Machine Learning by Dev
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This is how you do it.

>>> import scipy.stats
>>> scipy.stats.norm(0, 1)
<scipy.stats.distributions.rv_frozen object at 0x928352c>
>>> scipy.stats.norm(0, 1).pdf(0)
0.3989422804014327
>>> scipy.stats.norm(0, 1).cdf(0)
0.5
>>> scipy.stats.norm(100, 12)
<scipy.stats.distributions.rv_frozen object at 0x928352c>
>>> scipy.stats.norm(100, 12).pdf(98)
0.032786643008494994
>>> scipy.stats.norm(100, 12).cdf(98)
0.43381616738909634
>>> scipy.stats.norm(100, 12).cdf(100)
0.5

[One thing to keep in mind — this is just a suggestion — the parameter passing is a little broad. Because of how the code is written, if you type scipy.stats.norm(mean=100, std=12) instead of scipy.stats.norm(100, 12) or scipy.stats.norm(loc=100, scale=12), it will accept it but silently disregard the extra keyword arguments and return the default (0,1).]
 

Another Way:
Scipy.stats is a good library for Python. To provide a different perspective, you can compute it directly using

import math
def normpdf(x, mean, sd):
    var = float(sd)**2
    denom = (2*math.pi*var)**.5
    num = math.exp(-(float(x)-float(mean))**2/(2*var))
    return num/denom

You can catch

>>> normpdf(7,5,5)  
0.07365402806066466
>>> norm(5,5).pdf(7)
0.073654028060664664

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answered Apr 7, 2022 by Nandini
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