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NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
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It is often called “Bell Curve” because it looks like a bell.

NORMAL
DISTRIBUTION It is also known as the Gaussian distribution in honor of the
renowned German Mathematician Johann Carl Friedrich
Gauss who derived the equation of its probability density
function.
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Real Life Example of Normal Distribution
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Your Coffee Shop 11
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Mean = 150
Standard Deviation = 30
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The empirical rule, also known as the three-sigma rule or the

68-95-99.7 rule, provides a quick estimate of the spread of
data in a normal distribution given the mean and standard
deviation.
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Approximately 68% of the data values will lie within
1 standard deviation on each side of the mean.

Approximately 95% of the data values will lie within

2 standard deviations on each side of the mean.

Approximately 99.7% (or almost all) of the data

values will lie within 3 standard deviations on each
side of the mean.
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Example #1:
The annual harvest of strawberries from Enrico’s Farm is assumed to be
normally distributed with the mean µ= 40 kg. and a standard deviation σ=
7kg. ​

a. Draw a normal curve and shade the area between µ - 1σ and µ +

2σ​
b. Find the percentage area over the interval between 33 and 47
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Example #2 :

All the second-graders in a school took an IQ test with a mean of 100 and a
SD of 15.

a. An administrator wants to determine what percent of the examinees should

score between 1 SD above and 2 SD below the mean.
b. What percent of examinees will score above a score of 115?
c. On the same IQ test, one second-grader received a score of 145. The
teacher knew this was an exceptional score but wanted to compare his
score to those of other students.
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