NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Prepared by:
Janelie R. Mabale
 OBJECTIVES
• At the end of the lesson, students are expected
to:
• illustrate a normal random variable and its
characteristics (M11/12SP – IIIc – 1); and
• construct a normal curve (M11/12SP – IIIc -
2);
ACTIVITY
In reality, if a distribution contains a very large number
of cases with equal measures of central tendency
values, then the distribution is symmetrical* and the
skewness* is 0. In statistics, it is called normal
distribution or normal curve (Rene, et al. 2015).

In specific sense, it is called a normal probability

distribution whenever the frequencies are converted to
probabilities.
SIX PROPERTIES
OF
NORMAL
DISTRIBUTIONS
1. The curve of the distribution is a bell-shaped.
2. The curve is symmetrical about the mean.
This means if we will cut the
curve about the mean, we will
have balanced proportions of
the halves. Specifically, we say
that one is a reflection of the
other. Meaning, the qualities
exhibited by one are the same
qualities exhibited by the other.
3. The mean, median and mode are of equal values and
when sketched, they coincide at the center of the graph.

This means that the mean,

median and mode of the given
distribution are located at
exactly one point since their
values are equal, and they are
located at the center the graph
which indicates the highest
peak of the curve.
Areas Under the
Normal Curve
At the of the lesson, you are expected
to:
1. identify regions under the normal
curve
2. find the area of z under the normal
curve
3. discuss the importance of
determining our property.
 Finding the shaded area of the polygon
is different from finding the area of the
shaded region in the normal
distribution.
 For polygons, we use formulas and
simple calculations to find the shaded
region however, in the normal
distribution, we use the z_x0002_table
to locate the z-value.
 A specific proportion of the area of the
region under the curve can be
calculated manually using the formula