G. M. Tallis
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Summary This paper considers the truncation of normal distributions by means of planes. The moment-generating function for the truncated distribution is obtained, and it is shown that, by suitable transformations, the problem reduces to the case of rectangular truncation.
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Summary This paper considers the truncation of normal distributions by means of planes. The moment-generating function for the truncated distribution is obtained, and it is shown that, by suitable transformations, the problem reduces to the case of rectangular truncation.
Key concepts: Truncation (statistics), Truncated normal distribution, Moment (physics), Plane (geometry), Mathematics, Mathematical analysis, Distribution (mathematics), Function (biology)