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Normal Distribution
Message posted by Eunjoo (via 64.160.47.17) on February 13, 2002 at 2:14 AM (ET)
Is there a formula for finding the Normal Distribution of a Standard Deviation? If so, what is the formula/equation?
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Re: Normal Distribution
Message posted by JG (via 205.188.196.54) on February 13, 2002 at 5:16 AM (ET)
The square of SD is called chi-squared and has a distribution based on degrees of freedom. When d.f. get large this distribution can be approximated by a Normal.
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