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Normal Curves

Definition

Normal curves, also known as bell curves, are symmetrical probability distributions that follow a specific mathematical pattern called the normal distribution.

Related terms

Standard Deviation: A measure of how spread out data points are within a normal curve.

Central Limit Theorem: States that regardless of the shape of the original population distribution, if we take repeated random samples and calculate their means, those means will follow an approximately normal distribution.

Skewness: A measure indicating whether data is skewed to one side or another in relation to a normal curve.

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  • AP Statistics - 6.1 Introducing Statistics: Why Be Normal?

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