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 model limits the quantity of people at the top and also reduces incentives to the highest rating. Given the arbitrary five-scale rating and the fact that most people are 2,3,4 rated ...

Shattering the Bell Curve. By . David A. Shaywitz. Share. Resize. Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils -- wealth, fame, links on the Web -- are concentrated among the few.

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 ...

Mr. Murray revisited the arguments he made with co-author Richard Herrnstein in the book [The Bell Curve]. The book, originally published in 1994 by Touchstone Books, looks at the relationship ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Shaft directs our conversation of ‘Benjamin Button’ back to the ...

In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates, responds to an article by Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Beast that examines The Bell Curve.

The s-shaped growth curve is a staple of business strategy. It explains everything from product adoption to corporate growth—slow emergence, rapid acceleration, and eventually, a plateau. The ...