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Problems with Using the Normal Distribution – and Ways to Improve Quality and Efficiency of Data Analysis

BACKGROUND: The Gaussian or normal distribution is the most established model to characterize quantitative variation of original data. Accordingly, data are summarized using the arithmetic mean and the standard deviation, by [Image: see text] ± SD, or with the standard error of the mean, [Image: see...

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Autores principales: Limpert, Eckhard, Stahel, Werner A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21779325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021403