normal distributionin a sentence
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Normal distribution is also called a bell curve or Gaussian distribution.
normal distribution = a common statistical distribution whose curve looks like that of a bell
- With normal distribution, 68.26% of the scores lie within one standard deviation either side of the mean, 95.44% of the scores lie within 2 standard deviations either side of the mean and 99.75% fall within three standard deviations.
- The exact shape of the normal distribution curve is determined by the standard deviation. The mean and median are at the same point.
- Even though a moment's thought reveals that nice, normal distribution is terribly worrisome on this island.† (source)
- Also, they should follow the same old normal distribution curve, the bulk of them in the middle, a few morons on one end, a few geniuses on the other.† (source)
- So I pushed my mind around inside the parameters she had laid down, and one of the things that came to me was Barthelme's mention of the normal distribution curve with reference to dolphins.† (source)