Normal Distribution

The Normal Distribution is continuous and symmetric about the mean.

An area under the curve gives a probability.

Notation X ~ N(,2) mean  and standard deviation  (variance 2)

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean 60

Standard deviation 10

The scores in a test are normally distributed with mean of 50 and standard deviation 15.
What proportion of scores are
a) Over 50

b) Under 65

c) Between 35 and 80

d) Over 80

e) Less than 5