Uh oh. I feel a big fight coming on now between the physicists who call
it "Gaussian", the statisticians who call it "Normal" and the historians
who point out that de Moivre, not Gauss, discovered it.
-Rob
"Leonard Mada" <>
02/11/2008 05:20 PM
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Gaussian Distribution vs Normal Distribution
Hello all,
Rob Weir wrote:
>> "Standard error (standard deviation of the mean) of a data series
>> assuming an equal distribution"
>
> I believe "assuming a normal distribution" is the typical wording.
> In that case the standard error = StandardDeviation/Sqrt(N)
>
> -Rob
I strongly suggest using within a standard document the more accurate and
complete name:
*gaussian distribution* instead of the often misleading *normal
distribution*
Many thanks,
Leonard Mada
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