Simple statistics question

[FantastalisticJonas]

Can someone give me the definition of a bell curve? Or some othe info about it? I'm not in statistics I'm just curious 'cuz my mom was talking about it. Lol.

 

[pka]

You are asking about the normal distribution. It is call the normal curve.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NormalDistribution.html

 

[FantastalisticJonas]

lol ok... but isnt there such thing as a bell curve? :?

 

[stapel]

isnt there such thing as a bell curve?

Yes. And, as the tutor told you, its proper name is the "normal" curve.

Eliz.

 

[FantastalisticJonas]

Oh I didn't know she meant that was the technical name for it. Lol. Thx!
And if anyone else has more info on normal curves or bell curves watever u would like to call them, , please post a reply!

Thx!

 

[stapel]

And if anyone else has more info on normal curves or bell curves watever u would like to call them, please post a reply!

You could start with the link he provided you. Or you could Google "normal curve" and / or "normal distribution".

Eliz.