bill margolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Howdy all, > The elementary statistics textbook (which shall remain nameless) which we > are using in class defines a normal distribution as a distribution that is > symmetrical. >
Is it presented as a definition, or merely as a statement? After all, the statement "A normal distribution is symmetrical" is true. Glen . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
