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normal distribution question
Message posted by andrea on October 31, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

my teacher asked if any of the students knew what the point in a "bell curve" is called when the slope changes from downward to upward? it isnt standard deviation or the mu. could you get back to me on that? thanks.

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Re: normal distribution question
Message posted by JG on November 1, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

The mode is where the slope changes from upward to downward and the point of inflection is where the second derivative changes sign.


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