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standard deviation: Is 2.08166 a normal distribution?

Postby isabelrachel on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:45 pm

Can you tell me if 2.08166 is a normal distribution? When I look on a scale of From -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 Z----> It looks to me that it would be a normal distrution. Iam I right?
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Postby stapel_eliz on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:14 pm

A distribution is a collection of data, not just one number. So no, 2.08166 is not a distribution, normal or otherwise. Sorry.
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