A survey is given of general properties of normal variance-mean mixtures, including various new results. In particular, it is shown that the class of self-reciprocal normal variance mixtures is rather ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper obtains and explores a family of confidence procedures for the mean of a normal distribution which are, in a certain sense, more ...

Where \(X\) is a normally distributed random variable with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation \(\sigma\). The peak of the curve occurs at \(x=\mu\), and the spread ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has ...

German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. The curve of the Normal distribution is nice and smooth, and has a characteristic shape sometimes referred to as a "bell curve". becomes wider or narrower).

Interactive MATLAB app to visualize the sum of squares of n IID normal variables (chi-square distribution). Adjust n, mean, and variance with sliders to see real-time PDF plots and stats. Useful for ...