Normal Standard Deviation in Life

 


The Normal Standard Deviation graph always fascinates me. In the video above you'll see a Galton Board, one where multiple balls always fall in a bell curve. No matter how many times the board is flipped it always lands the same, the events being completely random. When I explored this a little more I found this pattern in even more datasets. 


To investigate I took a look at the JEE Main test Marks. Here is a graph of the Number of people (population in ranks) VS the Marks. 

Data Source: JEE Main 2021 Marks vs Rank - Predict your Rank [Rank vs Marks Analysis] (byjus.com)


 Which on further inspection looks like... you guessed it, a Normal Standard Deviation Curve.



Link to dataset to see working: JEE scores 2020

Where the median is, approximately 32. So, the graph does show that the majority of the population scored ...  just AVERAGE. 


These curves, I believe, are trying to tell a story about our general society. You see in these curves, the population is evenly distributed. There are as many people doing extraordinarily well as there are people flunking miserably, there are just as few saints as there are criminals (*claim not supported by data), and just as many great ideas as terrible ones. Proving that the nature of everything is to be balanced out. 

Most of us are here, stuck in the middle, being just averagely good enough. Thus mediocrity is something that should be celebrated because that is where everyone is and where everyone is supposed to be, any extremities will have to be counter placed to achieve balance in this curve of ours. And for some data point to shift away from the median would require tremendous amount of effort. So, the next time someone calls you basic or average, take that as a compliment. 



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  1. ShubhikaJanuary 18, 2022 at 6:10 AM

    couldn't agree more! love this and everything you do!❤

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