From 2d6d5c41b2462da3da19638e3b5f85f0406a9c15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:32:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Small clean-ups.

---
 Doc/library/statistics.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
index a0d4d391022008..8d961b7ca5b18a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ of applications in statistics, including simulations and hypothesis testing.
 .. class:: NormalDist(mu=0.0, sigma=1.0)
 
     Returns a new *NormalDist* object where *mu* represents the `arithmetic
-    mean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_mean>`_ of data and *sigma*
+    mean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_mean>`_ and *sigma*
     represents the `standard deviation
-    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation>`_ of the data.
+    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation>`_.
 
     If *sigma* is negative, raises :exc:`StatisticsError`.
 
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ of applications in statistics, including simulations and hypothesis testing.
 :class:`NormalDist` Examples and Recipes
 ----------------------------------------
 
-A :class:`NormalDist` readily solves classic probability problems.
+:class:`NormalDist` readily solves classic probability problems.
 
 For example, given `historical data for SAT exams
 <https://blog.prepscholar.com/sat-standard-deviation>`_ showing that scores

From 56e0ddbcdc7c48f501d46ff24d351e5308851240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:42:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add tests for special values

---
 Lib/test/test_statistics.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_statistics.py b/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
index d35cdd8420a376..4adc5e4cbf4ae1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
@@ -2113,6 +2113,10 @@ def test_pdf(self):
         Y = NormalDist(100, 0)
         with self.assertRaises(statistics.StatisticsError):
             Y.pdf(90)
+        # Special values
+        self.assertEqual(X.pdf(float('-Inf')), 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(X.pdf(float('Inf')), 0.0)
+        self.assertTrue(math.isnan(X.pdf(float('NaN'))))
 
     def test_cdf(self):
         NormalDist = statistics.NormalDist
@@ -2127,6 +2131,10 @@ def test_cdf(self):
         Y = NormalDist(100, 0)
         with self.assertRaises(statistics.StatisticsError):
             Y.cdf(90)
+        # Special values
+        self.assertEqual(X.cdf(float('-Inf')), 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(X.cdf(float('Inf')), 1.0)
+        self.assertTrue(math.isnan(X.cdf(float('NaN'))))
 
     def test_properties(self):
         X = statistics.NormalDist(100, 15)

From 9d9860a9a8d61c19e6b9d062dfbb114c0d125c19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:52:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix typo in docstring

---
 Lib/statistics.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/statistics.py b/Lib/statistics.py
index bab585750d9124..e917a5dddd8be9 100644
--- a/Lib/statistics.py
+++ b/Lib/statistics.py
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ def pdf(self, x):
         return exp((x - self.mu)**2.0 / (-2.0*variance)) / sqrt(tau * variance)
 
     def cdf(self, x):
-        'Cumulative density function:  P(X <= x)'
+        'Cumulative distribution function:  P(X <= x)'
         if not self.sigma:
             raise StatisticsError('cdf() not defined when sigma is zero')
         return 0.5 * (1.0 + erf((x - self.mu) / (self.sigma * sqrt(2.0))))