Definition of Normal distribution

1. Noun. A theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance.

Exact synonyms: Gaussian Distribution
Generic synonyms: Distribution, Statistical Distribution
Category relationships: Statistics

Definition of Normal distribution

1. Noun. (statistics) A family of continuous probability distributions such that the probability density function is the Gaussian function ¹

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Medical Definition of Normal distribution

1. Continuous frequency distribution of infinite range. Its properties are as follows: 1) continuous, symmetrical distribution with both tails extending to infinity; 2) arithmetic mean, mode, and median identical; and 3) shape completely determined by the mean and standard deviation. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Normal Distribution

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Literary usage of Normal distribution

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1919)
"Isotropy of the normal distribution for two variables—14. ... THE expression that we have obtained for the "normal "distribution of a single variable may ..."

2. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"/l. art' known, the entire curve for a normal distribution is known. ... TYPICAL CURVES OF normal distribution. The consistency of a series of measurements ..."

3. The Junior High School by Leonard Vincent Koos (1920)
"Almost all of these figures, despite the small number of pupils involved, approximate, at least roughly, the " surface of normal distribution" which finds ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... such property constituting normal distribution. Suppose that m any portion of a medium, consisting of equal elastic spheres, this distribution has been ..."

5. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Carl Joseph West (1918)
"Probable Deviation in a normal distribution. The quartiles divide the two halves of the area into equal parts; hence, in Table V, the value of x/a which ..."

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