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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...