Discuss Two Major Issues of Controversy in Intelligence Assessment

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Essay

Discuss two major issues of controversy in intelligence assessment.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A gauge for the level of dispersion or spread within a set of data points, indicating the magnitude of deviation from the mean.

Standard Normal Distribution

A specific type of normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, used in many areas of statistical analysis.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the number of terms.

Normal Distribution

It's a probability distribution with symmetry about the mean, proving that data points near the mean have a higher frequency of occurrence compared to those further away.