Estimate pdf of data set spanning orders of magnitude

Determines the pdf of empirical data set x when x spans several orders of magnitude

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Some empirical data from a statistical process varies in its value over many decades. It is desirable to estimate the pdf of this data which requires the values to be equally divided on a log scale. It is simple and quick allowing millions of points to be processed.

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Bruce Clarke (2026). Estimate pdf of data set spanning orders of magnitude (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28619-estimate-pdf-of-data-set-spanning-orders-of-magnitude), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Inspired by: Log Binning of Data

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