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NORMAL

DISTRIBUTION
Normal Distribution
Clue!
Warm – up! *When the data
values are evenly
distributed, then
Which of the three data sets follow a normal the distribution is
said to be a
distribution? symmetric
distribution
Normal Distribution
● A continuous probability
distribution for a random
variable, x.
● The most important
continuous probability
distribution in statistics.
● The graph of a normal
distribution is called the
normal curve.
PROPERTIES OF A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
The mean, median, and mode are equal.
The normal curve is bell-shaped and is
symmetric about the mean.
The total area under the normal curve is
equal to 1.
The normal curve approaches, but never
touches, the x-axis as it extends farther and
farther away from the mean.
The Standard Normal Distribution
• If each data value of a normally distributed random
variable x is transformed into a z-score, the result will
be the standard normal distribution.
• A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a
standard deviation of 1.
• Any x-value can be transformed into a z-score by
using the formula: Value  Mean x
z 
Standard deviation 
• Use the Standard Normal Table to find the
cumulative area under the standard normal curve.
Try this!
Remember!
*The mean gives
the location of the
line of symmetry.
*The standard
deviation
describes the
spread of the
data.

a. Which normal curve has the greater mean?

b. Which curve has the greater standard deviation?


STANDAR
NORMAL
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DISTRIB
NORMAL
UTION
DISTRIBU
TION
1–3 4(a – c) 4(d – e)
Try this!

1. Find the area under the standard normal curve to


the left of z = -2.44.
2. Find the area under the standard normal curve to
the right of 0.57.
3. Find area of Z between 3.11 and 0.73.

Z – table
Try this!
4. An entrance examination is to be conducted to 120
incoming freshman college students at a certain
university which is known to be normally distributed
and has a mean of 85 and a standard deviation of 10.
a. What proportion of the students would be
expected to score above 95?
b. What percent of students would be expected
to
score below 80?
Z – table
c. How many students would be expected to
Try this!
4. An entrance examination is to be conducted to 120
incoming freshman college students at a certain
university which is known to be normally distributed
and has a mean of 85 and a standard deviation of 10.
d. How many students would be expected to
score between 80 and 110?
e. What percentage of students would be
expected to score between 85 and 105?

Z – table

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