UNDERSTANDING THE NORMAL CURVE DISTRIBUTION

The normal probability distribution has the following

properties:

1. The distribution curve is a bell-shaped.

2. The curve is symmetrical about its center.
3. The mean, the median, and the mode coincide at the center.
4. The width of the curve is determined by the standard deviation of the distribution.
5. The tails of the curve flatten out indefinitely along the horizontal axis, always approaching
the axis but never touching it. That is, the curve is asymptote to the baseline
6.The area under the curve is 1. Thus, it represents the probability or proportion or
percentage

The equation that describes a normal curve is

Standard normal curve is a normal probability distribution that has a mean of 0 and a standard
deviation 1.

Four Steps in Finding the Areas Under the Normal

Curve Given a z-value

STEP 1. Express the given z-value as a three-digit number.

STEP 2. Using the z-table, find the first two digits on the leftmost column.

STEP 3. Match the third digit with the appropriate column on the right.
STEP 4. Read the area(or probability) at the intersection of the row and the column. This is the
required area.

UNDERSTANDING THE Z-SCORES

Exploring the z-score

Learning the Probability Notations Under the Normal Curve