May 10, 2023

Advanced Algebra / Precalculus 11/12.May.2023

Today: Block D
Block F

• Notes - Statistics, Day 2 (Appendix C)

• Homework - work time??

• Upcoming:
> Test (Sequences & Series, Probability & Stats) - May 23/24
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Data distributions
Go to
https://www.humanbenchmark.com/dashboard/reactiontime
and take the reaction time test. Write down your 5 results, as
well as the mean of the 5 results (which is provided after you
finish).
Look at your Reaction Time Statistics chart, and also look at the
chart for average reaction time for everybody. The average
chart resembles that of a "normal distribution", though it is not
actually a true normal distribution.
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variance & standard deviation

variance (v) =

standard deviation ( )=

*the larger the st. dev., the more spread out the data is (the less
consistent the scores are)
Ex. 4: Find the standard deviation of your 5 reaction times from
your Reaction Time Test.
______ had a standard deviation of ____
______ had a standard deviation of ____
______ had a standard deviation of ____
Therefore, _______ had the most
consistent scores.
(Smaller s.d. = more consistent data =
less spread out)

Practice: Which graph has the smallest st. dev.?

Note: the mean will be 4 for all 3 data sets.

2nd 2
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Normal distribution

*certain data is represented by a normal distribution curve

(ex. height, weight, IQ scores, blood pressure, etc)

ex. heights of women 18-24

characteristics of a normal distribution

"standard deviation"
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Ex. 5: SAT scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and
st. dev. of 100 (per section).
a) What % of students have scores between 400 and 600?

b) What % of students earn over 700?

c) What % of students earn over 640?

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Practice:
1) Nina’s scores in Chemistry this semester were rather
inconsistent: 100, 85, 55, 95, 75, 100.
For this population, how many scores are within one standard
deviation of the mean?

2) A shoe manufacturer collected data regarding men's shoe sizes

and found that the distribution of sizes exactly fits the normal
curve. If the mean shoe size is 11 and the standard deviation is
1.5, find the probability that a man's shoe size is...

a) greater than or equal to 11.

b) greater than or equal to 14.
c) greater than or equal to 15.
 May 10, 2023

variance & standard deviation

variance (v) =

standard deviation ( )=

*the larger the st. dev., the more spread out the data is (the less
consistent the scores are)
Ex. 4: Find the standard deviation of your 5 reaction times from
your Reaction Time Test.
Grant had a standard deviation of 3.66
Hadley had a standard deviation of 2.58
Jack had a standard deviation of 35.7
Therefore, Hadley had the most
consistent scores.
(Smaller s.d. = more consistent data =
less spread out)

Practice: Which graph has the smallest st. dev.?

Note: the mean will be 4 for all 3 data sets.

2nd 2
 May 10, 2023

Normal distribution

*certain data is represented by a normal distribution curve

(ex. height, weight, IQ scores, blood pressure, etc)

ex. heights of women 18-24

characteristics of a normal distribution

"standard deviation"
 May 10, 2023

Ex. 5: SAT scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and
st. dev. of 100 (per section).
a) What % of students have scores between 400 and 600?

b) What % of students earn over 700?

c) What % of students earn over 640?

 May 10, 2023

Practice:
1) Nina’s scores in Chemistry this semester were rather
inconsistent: 100, 85, 55, 95, 75, 100.
For this population, how many scores are within one standard
deviation of the mean?

2) A shoe manufacturer collected data regarding men's shoe sizes

and found that the distribution of sizes exactly fits the normal
curve. If the mean shoe size is 11 and the standard deviation is
1.5, find the probability that a man's shoe size is...

a) greater than or equal to 11.

b) greater than or equal to 14.
c) greater than or equal to 15.
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Practice Work - due at start of next lesson

p.A91-A93: #9, 10, 13, 17bc, 25, 31, 33, 37

You may have a skills check next lesson.