normal distribution curve
11normal distribution — The well known bell shaped curve. According to the Central Limit Theorem, the probability density function of a large number of independent, identically distributed random numbers will approach the normal distribution. In the fractal family of… …
12Normal Distribution — A probability distribution that plots all of its values in a symmetrical fashion and most of the results are situated around the probability s mean. Values are equally likely to plot either above or below the mean. Grouping takes place at values… …
13normal distribution — nor′mal distribu′tion n. sta a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve Also called Gaussian distribution …
14normal distribution — noun Date: 1897 a probability density function that approximates the distribution of many random variables (as the proportion of outcomes of a particular sort in a large number of independent repetitions of an experiment in which the… …
15normal distribution — graph which shows the majority of a population to be concentrated around the average and fewer people located at the extremes, bell curve graph …
16normal curve — noun a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution • Syn: ↑bell shaped curve, ↑Gaussian curve, ↑Gaussian shape • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑curve, ↑curved shap …
17distribution — noun 1 way sth is shared or exists over an area ADJECTIVE ▪ egalitarian, equitable, fair ▪ to ensure a fair distribution of wealth ▪ inequitable, unfair ▪ …
18Normal curve equivalent — In educational statistics, a normal curve equivalent (NCE), developed for the United States Department of Education by the RMC Research Corporation,[1][2] is a way of standardizing scores received on a test. It is defined as (approximately) 50 +… …
19normal — I. adjective Etymology: Latin normalis, from norma Date: circa 1696 1. perpendicular; especially perpendicular to a tangent at a point of tangency 2. a. according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle b. conforming… …
20distribution function — Statistics. (of any random variable) the function that assigns to each number the probability that the random variable takes a value less than or equal to the given number. [1905 10] * * * ▪ mathematics mathematical expression that… …
