求解释一段英语

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求解释一段英语
We think of a core value as lying at the mean of normal distribution of the population of the culture in question.But keep in mind that a person feels complled strongly to conform to cultural norms,regardless how much one em braces the underlying value.
此段话里面,as lying里面的as做何解释
at the mean of,in question是什么意思
反反复复读了几遍还是不懂,

这段文章涉及一些统计学只是,mean就是均值,(normal distribution是正态分布,以后你可能会用到),还有相关的standard deviation,即标准差
think of .as :把.看作
at the mean:在平均值这个点上
in question:讨论中的