bell curve
noun[C]
GRAPHS & CHARTSukusalineon agraphthat isshapedlike abell:
Thegraphtrackedabellcurve:fastgrowthforsuppliersfor 3years,levelingoff for the next 5years, and then asteepdive.
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bell curve
Adjusted scores resemble abellcurve, tapering off at the extremes and concentrating near the median.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the plasma is thermalized, then the distribution looks like abellcurve, or maxwellian distribution.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The red curve is the mean based on the redbellcurveat the bottom of figure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is obtained by letting thebellcurveslide along the "x" -axis, calculating the mean at every location.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This method is provably optimal if the error were distributed as abellcurve, and if the scaling-and-summing model were accurate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Students should be tested against a fixed yardstick, rather than against each other or sorted into a mathematicalbellcurve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The invertedbellcurveis sometimes called well curve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is the middle of thebellcurve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Using 3d6 for checks subjects it to the more predictablebellcurveand has a higher probability of success.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To visualize this motivation, imagine printing out a simplebellcurveand throwing darts at it.
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