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Why Important?
Normal distributions are important in
statistics because
1.
Characteristics:
Normal Curves
deviation will be small. If the data is spread out, the standard deviation
will be large. Standard Deviation is often denoted by the lowercase Greek
letter sigma
Normal Curves
69
59
71
61
63
65
67
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
68%
95%
99.7%
68-95-99.7% RULE
fall within
standard deviation around
the mean.
68% of data
fall within
standard deviation around
the mean.
68% of data
fall within
standard deviation around
the mean.
95% of data
fall within
standard deviation around
the mean.
99.8% of data
Empirical Rule
34% 34%
68%
47.5%
47.5%
95%
49.85%
49.85%
99.7%
Empirical Rule
What is the probability (likelihood) that a randomly
selected adult male would have a height less than
69 inches?
Answer: P(h < 69) = .50
P represents Probability
h represents one adult
male height
Examples
1.What percent of the data
scores were above a 76?
13.5%
.1%
34%
34%
2.4%
64 70 76
82
13.5%
2.4%
.1%
88 94 100
Examples
2. 68% of the data fall between
what two scores?
13.5%
.1%
34%
34%
2.4%
64 70 76
82
13.5%
2.4%
.1%
88 94 100
Examples
3. What percent of the data scores fall
between 70 and 100?
13.5%
.1%
34%
34%
2.4%
64 70 76
82
13.5%
2.4%
.1%
88 94 100
Examples
13.5%
.1%
34%
34%
2.4%
64 70 76
82
13.5%
2.4%
.1%
88 94 100
a. Between 12 and
18
b. At least 21
c. At most 12
d. Between 9 and 21
97.5
%
1425
women
P 62
=
0.7475
=
86.64%
a.P 80
What
is
the
of students
received
B
=Normalcdf
(80, 89,
x
89proportion
= a0.1419
grade.
72, 8)
xisthe
85probability
=Normalcdf
(65, 85, selected
= 0.7571
b.P 65
What
that a randomly
72,
8)
student received
between
a 65 and 85?
P x 69
c.