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Article #4628Re: graphical humping terminology
From: Benjamin Weiner
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:06
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:06
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palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer) writes: >This article piqued my old annoyance with the free use of the term "gaussian" ... >I believe it is time that we had another term for curves which have humps. It >is appealing to call them "bactrian" curves, but confusion with the "dromedary" >curves which often characterize class grade distributions would ensue. People >would never be able to keep them straight! ... How about "peaked"?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!ruhets.rutgers.edu!bweiner From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: graphical humping terminology Message-ID: <Nov.10.18.06.32.1992.26791@ruhets.rutgers.edu> Date: 10 Nov 92 23:06:32 GMT References: <1992Oct27.232716.11647@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <ETHANB.92Nov9155340@ptolemy.astro.washington.edu> <1992Nov10.190554.11097@sfu.ca> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 9