For decades, teachers, managers and parents have assumed that the performance of students and employees fits what's known as the bell curve — in... Put Away The Bell Curve: Most Of Us Aren't 'Average' ...

Anyone familiar with basic statistics is familiar with the concept of a bell curve. A bell curve is a visual representation of normal data distribution, in which the median represents the highest ...

I can only recognize the occurrence of the normal curve … as a very abnormal phenomenon. — Karl Pearson (1901) Widely believed and rarely questioned is the notion that human characteristics, including ...

Grading on a curve isn't just for college papers--many companies use numeric performance reviews and then fit employees to a bell curve. Unlike school, however, an employee's rating can determine ...

At UCLA, for whom the bell curve tolls depends on the professor and not much else. The bell curve, a statistical measure of grading, assesses students’ academic performance relative to other students ...

You and your idea are ready for prime time. You have thought through those pesky assumptions for a few months. You have taken the idea on the road and socialized the idea and rollout with a handful of ...

In our region we do annual performance reviews in January. I've already written the performance reviews for my four employees and turned them in to HR. I got an email message back from "Melissa" in HR ...

In April, I recorded an interview of almost two and a half hours with Sam Harris for his Waking Up podcast which, I learned only after I had done it, regularly attracts a few million listeners. We ...

Imagine you're at a fair, and you see a booth with a giant dartboard. The booth owner challenges you to hit the bullseye. You take your shot, and the dart lands somewhere on the board. Now imagine ...