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Dude, Seriously? - Edit 1

Before modification by Shadowkiller at 18/12/2009 10:21:23 PM

Bell curves are usually not centered on the mean or median. This is a statistical fact.

In order for a distribution to be a bell curve it is, by definition, centered on its mean.

From The Wikipedia article "Normal distribution"
In probability theory and statistics, the normal distribution or Gaussian distribution is a continuous probability distribution that describes data that cluster around the mean. The graph of the associated probability density function is bell-shaped, with a peak at the mean, and is known as the Gaussian function or bell curve.
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