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Bell Shaped Curve Distribution. If we have at least 3 numbers the probability curve has a continuous gradient and the curve forms a bell shape. The bell-shaped curve is a common feature of nature and psychology The normal distribution is the most important probability distribution in statistics because many continuous data in nature and psychology displays this bell-shaped curve when compiled and graphed. Unlike a standard normal distribution which resembles a bell curve in shape skewed distributions are shifted to one side possessing a longer tail on. Bell curve refers to the bell shape that is created when a line is plotted using the data points for an item that meets the criteria of normal distribution.
The IQ bell curve helps categorize where people fall along the scale of intelligence and does so in a neatly compartmentalized way. However many other distributions are bell-shaped such as the Cauchy Students t and logistic distributions. This is the bell-shaped curve of the Standard Normal Distribution. Some bell shaped functions such as the Gaussian function and probability distribution of the Cauchy distribution can be used to construct sequences of functions with decreasing variance that approach the Dirac delta distribution. A normal distribution is sometimes informally called a bell curve. However they all refer to exactly the same thing.
Unlike a standard normal distribution which resembles a bell curve in shape skewed distributions are shifted to one side possessing a longer tail on.
In statistics its called a normal distribution and in physics its called a Gaussian distribution. Unlike a standard normal distribution which resembles a bell curve in shape skewed distributions are shifted to one side possessing a longer tail on. However they all refer to exactly the same thing. Indeed the Dirac delta can roughly be thought of as a bell curve with variance tending to zero. If we have at least 3 numbers the probability curve has a continuous gradient and the curve forms a bell shape. However many other distributions are bell-shaped such as the Cauchy Students t and logistic distributions.