A bell curve indicates that about 68% of the data lies within one standard deviation, about 95% of the data lies within two standard deviations, and about 99.7% of the data lies within three ...

Computer Sciences Corp. put in place an aggressive bell-curve system for rating employees, with guidelines calling for 40 percent of its workforce to fall short of expectations.

THE sound of swallowed pride is rare but welcome. Bell Laboratories, one of the most venerable names in science, the home of the transistor and currently the research arm of Lucent Technologies ...