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Is the Gaussian Distribution Normal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

E. W. Anderson
E. W. Anderson
Affiliation:
(Smiths Aviation Division)
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Extract

It has been said that the mathematician accepts the gaussian distribution because he believes it to be supported in practice, and the practical man accepts it because he believes it has a sound mathematical foundation. Presumably it is for such reasons that the gaussian distribution is known as the ‘normal’ distribution and ‘probability paper’ has scales specially distorted so that a gaussian distribution will appear as a straight line.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 1965 , pp. 65 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1965

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