Step into a time machine and imagine a school day filled with rules about rotary phones, specific hem lengths, and the absolute absence of digital distractions. For anyone growing up in the 1970s, ...

When a bell curve is folded in half vertically, two equal parts are created along the vertical axis. The two parts are mirror images of each other and, therefore, are symmetrical.

If such a distribution doesn't sound like the familiar bell-shaped curve, you're right. Along the hilly slopes of the bell curve, most values -- the data points that track whatever is being ...

The Bell Curve, an article published in the New Yorker a few weeks ago, is an eye-opening look by surgeon Atul Gawande at what's really going on in terms of physician competencies--and he finds a big ...

For decades, teachers, managers and parents have assumed that the performance of students and employees fits what's known as the bell curve — in most activities, we expect a few people to be ...

Think of the start of the graph — the 1994 position — as being a bell curve in a high school class. The way a bell curve works, you may recall, is that it represents the distribution of grades.

On Leadership For whom the bell curve tolls November 20, 2013 More than 11 years ago Summary istockphoto ...

Home Digest Opinion What critics of The Bell Curve get wrong about racial equality In defending the intelligence of African-Americans, opponents of the controversial book fall into a meritocratic trap ...

Kristen Bell: Bell Curves (2007 Cover Story & Gallery) With a new dark-side TV persona and a movie to match, Kristen Bell is finally growing up. It's about time, we say.