On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:36:23 -0400, Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My class is starting normal distributions today, and I asked them to > name some distributions and say whether they were normal. > > One student suggested seasons, such as high temperatures. Those are > more nearly cyclical, but then I got to wondering if there are any > seasonal or climate phenomena that are normally distributed. I can't > think of any, but I wonder if I'm overlooking an obvious example. > > Any suggestions? What is the nature of the variation around the cycles? -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
