Bell Curve

Bell curve may refer to:

  • A Gaussian function, a specific kind of function whose graph is a bell-shaped curve
  • Normal (Gaussian) distribution, whose density function is a Gaussian function
  • The Bell Curve, a 1994 book by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray
  • Bell curve grading, a method of evaluating scholastic performance

Famous quotes containing the words bell and/or curve:

    “The one who should remove the bell is the one who hung it up.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)