NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does normal distribution mean? 

• NORMAL DISTRIBUTION (noun)
  The noun NORMAL DISTRIBUTION has 1 sense:

1. a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

  Familiarity information: NORMAL DISTRIBUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORMAL DISTRIBUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Gaussian distribution; normal distribution

Hypernyms ("normal distribution" is a kind of...):

distribution; statistical distribution ((statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence)

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

 Context examples 

A normal distribution which models more than one variable of interest.

(Multivariate Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

The standard normal distribution has a location parameter of 0 and a scale parameter of 1.

(Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

A normal distribution which models two variables of interest.

(Bivariate Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

The parameters of the bivariate normal distribution include the mean and variance of each individual variable and the correlations between variables.

(Bivariate Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

The parameters of the multivariate normal distribution include the mean and variance of each individual variable and the correlations between variables.

(Multivariate Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)