NORMAL

PROBABILITY MEAN OF A DISCRETE

VARIANCE OF A DICRETE PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION Z-TEST REGION OF AREAS UNDER
THE NORMAL CURVE

DISTRIBUTION
PROBABILITY

PROBABILITIES THE NORMAL CURVE

DETERMINING PERCENTILES UNDER NORMAL CURVE
RANDOM VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION
EXPLORING
Objectives
At the end of the session, the learners
should be able to;
✓ Relate a random variable distribution to a
normal variable distribution;

✓ Understand the concept of z-score; and

✓ Solve problems involving random and normal

variables.
 Statement True False
1.The normal curve is BELL-SHAPED
probability distribution.
2. At the base of a normal curve, there are
SIX standard deviation expressed as z.
3. The tails of the curve touches the
baseline so that the curve can cover 100%
of the area under it.
4. The SKEWNESS of the normal curve is 0
.
5. The probability that a random score
occurs between z=1 and z=0 is .6826 .
 The Z-Score

Formula:
𝑿−𝝁
𝒛= z-score for population data
𝝈
𝑿−𝒙ഥ
𝒛= z-score for sample data
𝒔
 Z-Score
Formula:
𝑿−𝝁 𝑿−𝒙ഥ
𝒛= or 𝒛=
𝝈 𝒔

Where:
X = given measurement ഥ = sample mean
𝒙
𝝁 = population mean 𝑠 = sample standard
𝝈 =population standard
deviation
 POSITIVE = ABOVE THE MEAN
ZERO = SAME AS MEAN
NEGATIVE = BELOW THE MEAN
EXAMPLE 1:
𝝁 = 50
𝝈=4
𝑿 = 58
𝟓𝟖 − 𝟓𝟎
= 38 42 46 50 54 58 62
𝟒
𝟖
= = 𝟐 ABOVE THE MEAN
𝟒
 𝟑𝟗 − 𝟒𝟓
=
𝟔
−𝟔
= = −𝟏 BELOW THE MEAN
𝟔
 𝟐𝟎 − 𝟐𝟔
=
𝟒
−𝟔
= = −𝟏. 𝟓 BELOW THE MEAN
𝟒
 𝑿 = 𝒛𝝈 + 𝝁
𝑿 = 𝟐. 𝟒 𝟒𝟎 + 𝟐𝟓𝟎
𝑿 = 𝟗𝟔 + 𝟐𝟓𝟎

𝑧𝜎 = 𝑋 − 𝜇 𝑿 = 𝟑𝟒𝟔

𝑋 = 𝑧𝜎 + 𝜇
𝑿 = 𝒛𝝈 + 𝝁
𝑿 = −1.6 0.5 + 8.5
𝑿 = −0.8 + 8.5
𝑋 = 7.7
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Solve. 2pts each correct answer.
Given 𝒙ഥ =62 and s=8. Find the z-score value that
corresponds to each of the following score up to two
decimal places.
1. 𝑿 = 𝟕𝟎
2. 𝑿 = 𝟕𝟖
3. 𝑿 = 𝟖𝟐
4. 𝑿 = 𝟓𝟎
5. 𝑿 = 𝟒𝟐
6.Given z = 1.5, μ = 25, and σ = 8. find the value of X.
7. Given z = - 0.33, μ = 100, and σ = 12. find the value of X.
8. Given z = 2, μ = 90, and σ = 15. find the value of X.
A random variable X has a normal distribution with mean 50
and standard deviation of 5.
(9) Find the score which lies two standard deviations above
the mean.
(10) Find the highest score which lies three standard
deviation of the mean.