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| Bimodal distribution | In statistics, a bimodal distribution is a distribution with two different peaks — that is, there are two distinct values that measurements tend to center around. Unlike other distributions such as the normal distribution, there is no precise definition of a bimodal distribution. A good example is the height of a person; the heights of males form a roughly normal distribution, as do those of females, but when added together we obtain a bimodal distribution with values clustering around both the averages. (references) | ||
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| Bimodal Distribution | Administration | (Statistics) A collection of observations with a large number of values centered (as in a Normal Distribution) around each of two points. For example, in a sampling of the heights of a population, the sample results would tend to be concentrated around an average heights for males and a second average height for females. (references) | |
| Bimodal distribution | Environment | A plot of frequency of occurrence of a variable versus the variable. A bimodal distribution exists if there are two maxima of the frequency of occurrence separated by a minimum. See Mode. (references) | |
| Bimodal distribution | Fisheries | Indicating two length groups within which individuals are most abundant, possibly with other less abundant length groups around them. (references) | |
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