Here’s a look at a couple of simple examples of data you might find on a bell curve: Employee performance tends to fall on a bell curve. Adequate employees make up the mean, while underperforming ...

A bell curve indicates that about 68% of the data lies within one standard deviation, about 95% of the data lies within two standard deviations, and about 99.7% of the data lies within three ...

If the total area under the bell curve adds up to 100%, then 68% of it lies between -1 and +1 standard deviation (SD), 95% between -2 and +2 SD, and 99.7% between -3 and +3 SD.

Height follows the bell curve in its distribution. Wealth does not: It follows an asymmetric, L-shaped pattern known as a "power law," where most values are below average and a few far above.

For decades, teachers, managers and parents have assumed that the performance of students and employees fits what's known as the bell curve — in most activities, we expect a few people to be ...

The bell curve, a social science mainstay, describes the expected distribution of many things, including grades. For example: 5 percent A’s, 15 percent B’s, 60 percent C’s, 15 percent D’s ...

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