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The '''normal distribution''' is a key distribution in the field of [[probability]]. It is also known as the the Gaussian distribution, after mathematician Carl Gauss, and the [[bell curve]].
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The '''normal distribution''' is a key distribution in the field of [[probability]]. It is also known as the the Gaussian distribution, after [[mathematician]] [[Carl Friedrich Gauss|Carl Gauss]], and the [[bell curve]].
 
The normal [[probability density function]] (PDF) is
 
The normal [[probability density function]] (PDF) is
 
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Revision as of 13:02, July 3, 2008

The normal distribution is a key distribution in the field of probability. It is also known as the the Gaussian distribution, after mathematician Carl Gauss, and the bell curve. The normal probability density function (PDF) is

where is the mean and is the variance.