Sentences with phrase «called normal distribution»

(This is the opposite of the so - called normal distribution, where very large events are so exponentially improbable that, in practice, they never occur.)

Bell curves are called normal distribution curves because this is how we expect the world to work much of the time.

Random processes in nature often underlie a so - called normal distribution that enables reliable estimation for the appearance of extreme statistical events.

Not exact matches

In this particular case, the researchers used DESI mass spectrometry imaging to look at the distribution and amounts of fatty acid substances, called lipids, within breast tissue and normal tissue from 61 samples obtained from 14 breast cancer patients that underwent mastectomy.

As detailed in the SkS post on the freak 2010 Moscow heatwave, global temperatures follow what is called a Gaussian or normal distribution.

Four selectable driving modes include normal, sport, track and drift, which modifies torque distribution to «help achieve controlled oversteer» — what we call a sweet, smoky drift.

He points out that in a covered call strategy, the distribution of returns is not «normal» and that standard measures such as the Sharpe ratio are not very useful in measuring risk.

@Viscount: To add to my comment, Sharpe ratio may not be a good measure of the risk of covered call ETFs because the distribution of returns is not normal.

If you look at the full price of the games on Steam, you can see a normal distribution around $ 9.99 — a so - called sweet spot that a lot of indies love.

The probability of occurrence of values in this range is called a probability distribution function (PDF) that for some variables is shaped similarly to a «Normal» or «Gaussian» curve (the familiar «bell» curve).

It is commonly assumed that this variability can be approximated as a normal (Gaussian) distribution, the so - called bell curve.

Generally, this is how a normal (also called Gaussian) distribution looks like: