I can only recognize the occurrence of the normal curve … as a very abnormal phenomenon. — Karl Pearson (1901) Widely believed and rarely questioned is the notion that human characteristics, including ...

Anyone familiar with basic statistics is familiar with the concept of a bell curve. A bell curve is a visual representation of normal data distribution, in which the median represents the highest ...

Despite the obvious flaws of an educational system based upon academic standards, it is far superior to the available alternatives. The politically correct blood sport among educational commentators ...

A bell curve of unit-level performance exists in every franchise system. Adding locations will of course boost system revenue, but there is also potential to grow simply by lifting the performance of ...

A bell curve is a graph used to visualize the distribution of a set of chosen values across a specified group that tend to have central, normal values that peak, with low and high extremes tapering ...