In 2009 the maximum taxable income for social security was $102,000 and the rate was 6.2%

Normal. A common pattern is the bell–shaped curve known as the “normal distribution.” In a normal distribution, points are as likely to occur on one side of the average as on the other. Be aware, however, that other distributions look similar to the normal distribution. Statistical calculations must be used to prove a normal distribution.

Don’t let the name “normal” confuse you. The outputs of many processes—perhaps even a majority of them—do not form normal distributions, but that does not mean anything is wrong with those processes. For example, many processes have a natural limit on one side and will produce skewed distributions. This is normal — meaning typical — for those processes, even if the distribution isn’t called “normal”!

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