>I was establishing that there are plenty of people who don't really realize there are other distributions.
Something I never contested.
From Glyptodon:
>>"This is std dev. This is how you compute it. Make sure you put it your tables and report."
>>it wasn't always a sensible thing to be asked to calculate but was instead just an instinctive requirement.
I hate to break it to you, but this is how rote mathematics is taught. You can't communicate concepts purely, and hammering instinctive math is better than no math at all.
To reiterate, there's nothing wrong with the normal distribution. We're not about to retire addition or subtraction just because there are "plenty of people who don't really realize" there's more to math.
>You seem to be having some trouble reading what I'm writing, rather than what you think I should be writing.
Something I never contested.
From Glyptodon:
>>"This is std dev. This is how you compute it. Make sure you put it your tables and report."
>>it wasn't always a sensible thing to be asked to calculate but was instead just an instinctive requirement.
I hate to break it to you, but this is how rote mathematics is taught. You can't communicate concepts purely, and hammering instinctive math is better than no math at all.
To reiterate, there's nothing wrong with the normal distribution. We're not about to retire addition or subtraction just because there are "plenty of people who don't really realize" there's more to math.
>You seem to be having some trouble reading what I'm writing, rather than what you think I should be writing.
Sure whatever, same to you.