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Chapter 12. Stochastic Programs, Probability, and Statistics

Figure 12.8 contains a version of flipPlot1 that plots coefficients of variation.

def flipPlot1(minExp, maxExp, numTrials):

"""Assumes minExp and maxExp positive ints; minExp < maxExp
numTrials a positive integer
Plots summaries of results of numTrials trials of
2**minExp to 2**maxExp coin flips"""
ratiosMeans, diffsMeans, ratiosSDs, diffsSDs = [], [], [], []
ratiosCVs, diffsCVs = [], []
xAxis = []
for exp in range(minExp, maxExp + 1):
xAxis.append(2**exp)
for numFlips in xAxis:
ratios = []
diffs = []
for t in range(numTrials):
numHeads, numTails = runTrial(numFlips)
ratios.append(numHeads/float(numTails))
diffs.append(abs(numHeads - numTails))
ratiosMeans.append(sum(ratios)/float(numTrials))
diffsMeans.append(sum(diffs)/float(numTrials))
ratiosSDs.append(stdDev(ratios))
diffsSDs.append(stdDev(diffs))
ratiosCVs.append(CV(ratios))
diffsCVs.append(CV(diffs))
numTrialsString = ' (' + str(numTrials) + ' Trials)'
title = 'Mean Heads/Tails Ratios' + numTrialsString
makePlot(xAxis, ratiosMeans, title,
'Number of flips', 'Mean Heads/Tails', 'bo', logX = True)
title = 'SD Heads/Tails Ratios' + numTrialsString
makePlot(xAxis, ratiosSDs, title,
'Number of Flips', 'Standard Deviation', 'bo',
logX = True, logY = True)
title = 'Mean abs(#Heads - #Tails)' + numTrialsString
makePlot(xAxis, diffsMeans, title,
'Number of Flips', 'Mean abs(#Heads - #Tails)', 'bo',
logX = True, logY = True)
title = 'SD abs(#Heads - #Tails)' + numTrialsString
makePlot(xAxis, diffsSDs, title,
'Number of Flips', 'Standard Deviation', 'bo',
logX = True, logY = True)
title = 'Coeff. of Var. abs(#Heads - #Tails)' + numTrialsString
makePlot(xAxis, diffsCVs, title, 'Number of Flips',
'Coeff. of Var.', 'bo', logX = True)
title = 'Coeff. of Var. Heads/Tails Ratio' + numTrialsString
makePlot(xAxis, ratiosCVs, title, 'Number of Flips',
'Coeff. of Var.', 'bo', logX = True, logY = True)

Figure 12.8 Final version of flipPlot1