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> Human dimensions are closer to a normal distribution

Human height is (it's the textbook example of a real, intuitive_that is, using the normal linear scale—physical measure that is a good fit for a normal distribution) plenty of other human dimensions are not.



Human height should be a negative binomial distribution, since human height can't be negative.


> Human height should be a negative binomial distribution, since human height can't be negative.

That's a sensible analytical speculation, but it empirically fits very well with a normal distribution.

The fact that zero is, for adult male height (the typical cited example for fitting a nor Al distribution, though adult female height also works), around 17 standard deviations below the mean helps: I won't bother to calculate how little should be below that, since below 7σ in a normal distribution is 1/780 billion.




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