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:

    “I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
    Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
    That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “And out again I curve and flow
    To join the brimming river,
    For men may come and men may go,
    But I go on forever.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)