Algebra 2
Statistics Notes #6: The Normal Distribution
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MAFS.912.S-ID.1.4 Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution and to estimate population percentages. Recognize that there are data sets for which such a procedure is not appropriate. A normal distribution is one of the most-used types of data distributions. These distributions are _______ - shaped and ____________________.
I. Look at the normal curves to the right. They have the same mean.
a) What is the mean of both distributions? How do you know that this is their mean?
b) On a normal curve, the point where the curve changes direction is called its inflection point.
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c) Between µ − σ? Between µ + σ?
d) Between µ − 2σ? Between µ+2 σ?
e) Between µ − 3σ? Between µ + 3σ?
f) Between µ − 2σ and µ − 3σ?
g) Above average?
2. Assuming that the heights of college women are normally distributed with mean 65 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches. If one woman from college is chosen randomly, find the following: a) The probability that she is taller than 65 in?
b) The probability that she is shorter than 65 in? c) The probability that she is between 62.5 and 67.5 in?
d) The probability that she is between 60 and 70 in?
e) The probability that she is between 57.5 and 72.5 in?
f) The probability that she is between 67.5 and 70 in?
g) The probability that she is below average in height?
3. The IQ scores of human beings are believed to be normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. a) Sketch and label a normal curve to show the empirical rule for this question.
b) Estimate the range of IQ scores centered about the mean in which about 68% of people lie.
c) Estimate the range of IQ scores centered about the mean in which about 95% of people lie.
d) Estimate the range of IQ scores centered about
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...will fall within the first standard deviation, 95% within the first two standard deviations, and 99.7% will fall within the first three standard deviations of the mean. The Empirical Rule is used in statistics for showing final outcomes. After a standard deviation is found, and before exact data can be collected, this rule can be used as an estimate to the outcome of the new data. This probability can be used for gathering data that may be time consuming, or even impossible to found. When the mean equals the median and the values cluster around the mean and median, producing a bell-shaped distribution, then we can use the empirical rule to examine the variability. In this bell-shaped data set, we can calculate the mean and the standard deviation. The mean means the average value of the set of data. The standard deviation means the average scatter around the mean.
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