In a normal distribution, there is a 95% chance that any data point will fall within 2SD of the mean, or put differently, within
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A normal distribution is a bell-shaped curve that is symmetric about the mean, where most of the observations cluster around the central peak and probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions. Show more…
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