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Name: Introduction to Normal Distributions
ID: m11163
Language: English (en)
Summary: Normal distributions are commonly used in Statitics. While normal distributions can be quite different, they can all be represented mathematically and they all have six distinct features that will be discussed in this chapter.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: Distribution, Normal
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Kyle Clarkson (kclarks@gmail.com), David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Version: 2.3 (history)
Created: May 14, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Jul 11, 2003 2:31 pm GMT-5

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Version: 2.3 Jul 11, 2003 2:31 pm GMT-5 by Liqun Wang
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change mid from new1 to m11163.
Version: 2.2 Jun 9, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Kyle Clarkson
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Added links
Version: 2.1 Jun 4, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Kyle Clarkson
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Version: 2.0 May 14, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Kyle Clarkson
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First Revision, made graphics able to print

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