NORMAL

PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTION
DEFINITION
Probability distribution of
continuous random variables.
Also called as “Gaucassian
curve”
 PROPERTIES OF A NORMAL
CURVE
 The distribution curve is bell-shaped.
 The curve is symmetrical about its center.
 The mean, median and mode coincide at the center
 The tails of the curve flatten out indefinitely along the horizontal
axis but never touch it.
 The area under the curve is 1. Thus, it represents the probability
or proportion or the percentage associated with specific sets of
measurement values.
 PROPERTIES OF A NORMAL
CURVE
The change of value of the mean shifts the
graph of the normal curve to the right or to
the left.
The standard deviation determines the
shape of the graphs.
FORMULA
MEAN ( STANDARD
DEVIATION
EMPIRICAL RULE
Also referred to as the 68-95-99.7%
Approximately 68% of the data lie within 1
standard deviation of the mean.
Approximately 95% of the data lie within 2
standard deviation of the mean.
Approximately 99.7% of the data lie within 3
standard deviation of the mean.
EXAMPLE 1:
What is the frequency and relative frequency of babies weights that are within:
EXAMPLE 2:
The scores of the Junior High School students in their
Mathematics quarterly exam are normally distributed
with a mean of 35 and standard deviation of 5.
1. What percent of the scores are between 30 to 40?
2. What scores fall within 95% of the distribution?