The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

Anyone familiar with basic statistics is familiar with the concept of a bell curve. A bell curve is a visual representation of normal data distribution, in which the median represents the highest ...

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 very good ...

I came from a very interesting High School. We had the highest college acceptance rates in the state (Something like 99% or so. Absurdly high) of Washington, with the highest average SAT scores, etc ...