Practice mode Normal Distribution

Which central moments of a normal distribution are all equal to zero?

Correct answer A. Odd

Explanation

Because the normal curve is symmetrical about its mean, positive and negative deviations cancel when raised to odd powers, so µ1, µ3, µ5 and so on are all zero.

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