But the statistical patterns are still striking.
Bell curves, of course, aren't the only statistical patterns.
A computer-modelling method for classifying statistical patterns in complex multi-parameter data.
Musicologists are beginning to uncover statistical patterns that govern how trends in musical composition have spread.
The PC lets individuals learn about and act quickly upon statistical patterns in price and volume data.
But over successive runs, statistical patterns would begin to build up.
Their statistical patterns do not fit the good old normal bell curve, with a predictable average and symmetrical chances of hits and losses.
The second problem is the possibility of "fat tails" in those statistical patterns.
We found that common statistical patterns from the software systems can be identified easily.
When features are successful like antibiotic resistance they can spread rapidly through a population in ways that follow precise statistical patterns.
But predictions of human activity based on statistical patterns are dangerous when used as a substitute for careful case-by-case judgment.
