With years of data from professional Dota 2 in our hands, we take a look at closely games adhere to a normal distribution, also known as the bell curve. If you have been through a basic statistics ...

One of the great challenges of parenthood is how to lose games of chance. How can I let my son win at Chutes and Ladders (thereby improving his self-esteem and reducing family tension) without ...

This article addresses a gap in many, if not all, introductory mathematical statistics textbooks, namely, transforming a random variable so that it better mimics a normal distribution. Virtually all ...

Kristina Zucchi is an investment analyst and financial writer with 15+ years of experience managing portfolios and conducting equity research. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical ...