from matplotlib import rcParams from pylab import * mu, sigma = 100, 15 x = mu + sigma*randn(10000) # the histogram of the data n, bins, patches = hist(x, 100, normed=1) # add a 'best fit' line y = normpdf( bins, mu, sigma) l = plot(bins, y, 'r--', linewidth=2) xlim(40, 160) xlabel('Smarts') ylabel('P') title(r'$\rm{IQ:}\/ \mu=100,\/ \sigma=15$') show()