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Hello Beetsie! Thank you for taking an interest in my thread. On a side note, it appears your pledge drive for AG was successful! You really should stop by for a congratulatory thread, but, oh, I'm sorry, no new accounts are being verified at AG. Fiddlesticks!
Now, let's consider the qualifying phrase "idea of" - what does this term suggest? A concrete definition or an admission of a subjective obeservation? People will naturally have perceptions, however it is when when an attempt is made to codify these perceptions into an objective factual statement that a problem arises. Hence, qualifying terms like "idea of" are used to avoid this confusion, to careful readers.
Also, while certainly taking into account the subjective nature of these observations, one might conclude that the mean/standard devation of the behavior of a group of people could be better described from a random sample which meets the criteria of approximating a normal distribution.
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gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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