% This script shows a very close Normal approximation for a Beta % distribution. The beta is Beta(61,41) and the normal is % N(0.6, (0.49)^2) % figure set(gcf, 'Position', [200, 100, 800, 600]) set(gca, 'Units', 'normalized', 'Position', [0.1 0.15 0.8 0.75]) xValues = 0:0.01:1; % Plot the beta density. plot(xValues, betapdf(xValues, 61, 41), '-k', 'LineWidth', 1.2) hold on; % ... and the normal. plot(xValues, normpdf(xValues, 0.6, 0.049), '--k', 'LineWidth', 1.5) set(gca, 'FontSize', 18, 'Box', 'off', 'TickDir', 'out', ... 'XLim', [0, 1], 'XTick', 0:0.2:1, 'YTick', []) xlabel('$$\theta$$', 'Interpreter', 'LaTex', 'FontSize', 18) graphLegend = legend('Beta', 'Normal', 'Location', 'NorthWest'); set(graphLegend, 'box', 'off')