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WK15-LAS1-SAP-II-11
Learning Target(s):
• At the end of the lesson, the students
should be able to understand the
concept of normal curve.
 NORMAL CURVE is a bell-shaped curve which shows the
probability distribution of a continuous random variable. It
represents a normal distribution. It has a mean µ = 0 and standard
deviation ơ = 1. Its skewness is 0 and its kurtosis is 3.

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.

 Properties of the Normal Probability Distribution
1. The distribution curve is 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 asymptotic to the
base line.
6. The area under the curve is 1. Thus, it represents the probability or proportion
or the percentage associated with specific sets of measurement values.

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.

 Skewness talks about the degree of
symmetry of a curve. It is asymmetry in a
statistical distribution, in which the curve
appears distorted or skewed either to the
left or to the right. It can be quantified to
define the extent to which a distribution
differs from a normal distribution.

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.

Skewed to Skewed to
the Left the Right

Skewness is less Skewness is greater

than zero (negative). than zero (positive).
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
Kurtosis, on the other hand, talks
about the degree of peakedness of a
curve. It refers to the pointedness or
flatness of a peak in the distribution
curve.
 Types of Kurtosis

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.

 If the kurtosis of a curve is greater than zero
(positive), the distribution is said to be
Leptokurtic. This means that the distribution is
taller and thinner than the normal curve.
If the kurtosis of a curve is less than zero
(negative), the distribution is said to be
Platykurtic. This indicates that the distribution
is flatter and wider than the normal curve.
A normal distribution (normal curve) is said
to be Mesokurtic.

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.

 The skewness of
a normal curve is 0
and its kurtosis is
3.
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
Learning
Experience
Give 5 example of a normal
curve in real life.