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The document discusses the standard normal distribution, which is a probability distribution with a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1. It explains that the standard normal distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped, and is used to convert other normal distributions to a common scale using z-scores. Properties of the standard normal distribution include that about 68%, 95%, and 99.7% of the data falls within 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations of the mean respectively.

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Statistics and Probability Presentation

The document discusses the standard normal distribution, which is a probability distribution with a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1. It explains that the standard normal distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped, and is used to convert other normal distributions to a common scale using z-scores. Properties of the standard normal distribution include that about 68%, 95%, and 99.7% of the data falls within 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations of the mean respectively.

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Standard Normal

Distribution
Presented by: Justine F. Mactal
Standard
01 Normal
Distribution
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

— Mark Twain
What Is Standard Normal Distribution?

Standard normal distribution is


a type of probability
distribution that is widely used
in statistics. It is a special case
of normal distribution where the
mean is zero and the standard
deviation is one. The formula to
calculate standard normal
distribution is:

Z = (x – μ) / σ
Definition of Concepts

Z = (x -μ) / σ
Z is the Standard X is the raw score. μ is the mean. σ is the standard
Score. deviation.
About Standard Normal
Distribution:
The standard normal The standard normal
distribution has a bell- distribution is important
shaped curve that is because it allows us to
symmetric around the compare values from
mean. The area under different normal
the curve represents the distributions. We can convert
probability of a random any normal distribution to a
variable falling within a standard normal distribution
certain range. The total by using the z-score formula.
area under the curve is This allows us to calculate
equal to 1, which means the probability of a value
that the sum of all occurring in a normal
probabilities is equal to distribution regardless of its
Properties of Standard Normal Distribution

The mean of the The standard deviation of theThe distribution is symmetric


distribution is zero. distribution is one. around the mean.

About 68% of the data falls About 95% of the data falls About 99.7% of the data falls
within one standard deviation within two standard within three standard
from the mean. deviations from the mean. deviations from the mean.
Formula:
Example
Z = (x – μ) / σ

95% of students at school are between


1.1m and 1.7m tall.
Assuming this data is normally distributed can
you calculate the mean and standard deviation?

Mean = (1.1m + 1.7m) / 2 = 1.4m


Formula:
Example
Z = (x – μ) / σ
95% of students at school are between
1.1m and 1.7m tall.
95% is 2 standard deviations either side of the
mean (a total of 4 standard deviations) so:
1 standard deviation = (1.7m-1.1m) /4
= 0.6m / 4
= 0.15m
Reference:
Quote
● https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics#:~:
text=%22Lies%2C%20damned%20lies%2C%20and,to%20prove%20an
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