SOLUTION: Please explain. If a probability distribution curve is bell-shaped, then this is a normal distributaion.

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Question 375771: Please explain.
If a probability distribution curve is bell-shaped, then this is a normal distributaion.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not necessarily.
A normal distribution does have a bell shaped curve but there are other requirements that make it a normal distribution.

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