Ludovic Duponchel wrote:
>
> If x values have a normal distribution, is there a normal distribution
> for x^2 ?
No. If the mean is 0, x^2 hasa chi-squared distribution with 1 DOF.
As the ratio mean/SD -> infinity, the distribution of x^2 is
asymptotically normal.
-Robert Dawson
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