bell curvein a sentence
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A bell curve is also called a normal or Gaussian distribution.
bell curve = a common statistical distribution whose curve looks like that of a bell
- With a bell curve, 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 a bell curve is determined by the standard deviation. The mean and median are at the same point.
- He drew a bell curve on his office pad, suggesting that Brett's somnambulism would reach a peak, hold for a while, then begin to taper off.† (source)
- Colin saw the Dumper/Dumpee dichotomy on a bell curve.† (source)
- The cover sheet plotted a rough-looking bell curve of speed solutions, and below it was the noise prediction curve.† (source)
- Hence the bell curve: The majority of people fall somewhere close to the vertical dividing line with the occasional statistical outlier (e.g., me) representing a tiny percentage of overall individuals.† (source)