Also called Gaussian distribution. OK, many things in this world tends, and should do, to be normally distributed. Any distribution is a representation of how the information or data is distributed. We mainly look for its central tendency ( mean ) and variability ( variance ). That's why the normal distribution is usually written as: N ~ (Mu, Sigma^2) For example: the weight of most adult (who still youth) people will normally be centered around some values. Yes, you right there is a diversity: some are slim and some are obese. We may expect the average weight for people (example: ages 20 to 30) to be between 70 to 74 kg. OK, let's consider it as 72 (this is the mean value). Let x represents the weight of a random person. Thus, Expected Value [x] = mean [x] = Mu = 72 kg If we have a sample, we can compute the variance (sigma^2) to indicate variability. But we may here think as following: Variance = Sigma^2 = Expected Value [(x-Mu)^2] Sta...
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