3 ms·
> absolutely no idea what you are doing. Isn't that sort of the idea of a textbook? The authors emphasize how poor of a model the normal distribution is in tha
by twtw 8y ago
> absolutely no idea what you are doing.
Isn't that sort of the idea of a textbook? The authors emphasize how poor of a model the normal distribution is in that case less than a full page after introducing it as a "simple hypothesis."
- ouid 8y agoIt's not a simple hypothesis, and it's extremely lazy pedagogy. It's not a reasonable guess if you can't establish any reasoning that would lead you to it, and even if you could, in a textbook, I expect your guesses to be more than reasonable, I expect them to be actually reasoned.