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Descriptor English: Normal Distribution
Descriptor Spanish: Distribución Normal
Descriptor distribución normal
Entry term(s) distribución de Gauss
distribución gaussiana
Scope note: Distribución continua de frecuencias de alcance infinito. Sus propiedades son las siguientes: 1) distribución continua y simétrica en la que ambos extremos tienden al infinito; 2) media aritmética, modo y mediana idénticos; y 3) forma completamente determinada por la media y la desviación estándar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Distribuição Normal
Descriptor French: Loi normale
Entry term(s): Distribution, Gaussian
Distribution, Normal
Distributions, Normal
Gaussian Distribution
Normal Distributions
Tree number(s): E05.318.740.994.500
G17.820.500
N05.715.360.750.750.565
N06.850.520.830.994.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016011
Scope note: Continuous frequency distribution of infinite range. Its properties are as follows: 1, continuous, symmetrical distribution with both tails extending to infinity; 2, arithmetic mean, mode, and median identical; and 3, shape completely determined by the mean and standard deviation.
Annotation: usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24801
Unique ID: D016011
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Normal Distribution - Preferred
Concept UI M0024475
Scope note Continuous frequency distribution of infinite range. Its properties are as follows: 1, continuous, symmetrical distribution with both tails extending to infinity; 2, arithmetic mean, mode, and median identical; and 3, shape completely determined by the mean and standard deviation.
Preferred term Normal Distribution
Entry term(s) Distribution, Gaussian
Distribution, Normal
Distributions, Normal
Gaussian Distribution
Normal Distributions



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