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When it comes to finance, ‘normal’ data is actually pretty weird

By D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
Gary F. Templeton, Professor of Management Information Systems, West Virginia University

Statistics shows data is often grouped on a bell curve distribution, but a business study reveals that extreme outliers can skew research – with big implications.

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