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    Chapter11DataAnalysisandStatisticsCoreVocabulary:

    Normaldistribution:
    Afunctionthatrepresentsthedistribution
    ofmanyrandomvariablesasasymmetricalbellshaped
    graph.

    Normalcurve:
    Thestandardnormalcurveisthenormalcurve
    withameanofzeroandastandarddeviationofone

    Standardnormaldistribution:
    Anormaldistributionwithmean
    0andstandarddeviation

    zscore:
    Astatisticalmeasurementofascore'srelationshiptothemeaninagroupofscores.
    AZscoreof0meansthescoreisthesameasthemean.AZscorecan
    alsobepositiveornegative,indicatingwhetheritisaboveorbelowthe
    meanandbyhowmanystandarddeviations.

    population:
    agroupofphenomenathathavesomethingincommon.

    sample:Aselectiontakenfromalargergroup(the"population")sothat
    youcanexamineittofindoutsomethingaboutthelargergroup

    AreasUnderaNormalCurve:

    theareaunderthecurvebetweenunits

    UsingZscoresandtheStandardNormalTable:Atableis
    usedtoconvertthepercentiletoazscore

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