Statistics and Probability
NORMAL
3 DISTRIBUT
ION
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3 | Normal Distribution 4/16/23 06:08 AM
OBJECTIVES:
In this lesson you will:
1. Describe the characteristics of normal distribution;
2. Locate and compute the area of z-score;
3. Reflect on the importance of Normal Distribution in real-
life through recitation.
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The shape of the normal curve is
_______ with the total area of
______.
BELL SHAPED
1 OR 100%
The center of the normal curve is
the ________ with the value of
______ if it is standardized.
MEAN
0
The width and height of the
normal curve distribution is
determined by the ____________.
STANDARD DEVIATION
The two important parameters
that best describe the normal
curve are the _________ and the
______________.
MEAN
STANDARD DEVIATION
The curve of the normal
distribution extends indefinitely at
the tails but does not __________.
MEET
TOUCH
INTERSECT
_____a normal curve with the
mean µ = 0 and a standard
deviation σ = 1.
STANDARD NORMAL
DISTRIBUTION
Empirical Rule
Every normal curve (regardless of its mean or standard deviation) conforms
to the following “Empirical Rule” also called as 68 – 95 – 99.7
01 1. about 68.26% of the area
under the curve falls within 1
02 standard deviation from the
mean.
03 2. about 95.44% of the area
under the curve falls within 2
04 standard deviations from the
mean.
3. about 99.74% of the area
under the curve falls within 3
standard deviations from the
mean.
Finding Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve
1. Sketch the standard normal curve and shade the appropriate area under the
curve.
2. Find the area by following the directions for each case shown.
01 a. To find the area to the left of z, find the area that corresponds to z in the
Standard Normal Table.
02
03
0.89065
04
Finding Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve
2. Find the area by following the directions for each case shown.
b. To find the area to the right of z, use the Standard Normal Table to find the
area that corresponds to z. Then subtract the area from 1.
01
02
03 0.89065 1- 0.89065
=0.10935
04
Finding Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve
2. Find the area by following the directions for each case shown.
c. To find the area between two z-scores, find the area corresponding to each
z-score in the Standard Normal Table. Then subtract the smaller area from the
01 larger area.
02
0.89065
03 0.89065-0.22663
=0.66402
04 0.22663
Find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = -2.33.
Since the direction is to the left, we
01 just need to find the corresponding
value of -2.33 in the standard normal
02 table.
03
From the Standard
04 Normal Table, the area
is equal to 0.00990.
Find the area under the standard normal curve to the right of z = 0.94
Since the direction is to the right,
01 let’s find 0.94 to the Standard Normal
table then subtract its corresponding
02 value to 1.
03 0.94 = 0.82639 from the z
table
04
1 - 0.82639 = 0.17361
The area is equal to 0.17361.
Find the area under the standard normal curve between z = -1.98 and
z = 1.07.
Since we are tasked to find the area
01 between two z-scores, we have to
first find both of them in the z-table
02 then subtract.
03 1.07 = 0.85769
-1.98 = 0.02385
04
0.85769 - 0.02385 = 0.83384
The area is equal to 0.83384.
