DETERMINING

PROBABILITIES
Objectives:
■ Find areas between paired z-scores
■ Find probabilities for the standard normal
random variable z
■ Express areas under the normal curve using
probability notation
Objectives:
■ Find areas between paired z-scores
■ Find probabilities for the standard normal
random variable z
■ Express areas under the normal curve using
probability notation
■ P(a<z<b) denotes the probability that the
z-score is between a and b
■ P(z>a) denotes the probability that the z-
score is greater than a
■ P(z<a) denotes the probability that the z-
score is less than a
where a and b are z-score values
Example:
to denote the area between z=1 and z=2,
we use the notation:
P(z<z<2)= 0.1359
“The probability that the z-score falls
between z=1 and z=2 is 0.1359”