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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
NORMAL
DISTRIBUTION
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
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.
Solution:
73 − 68
𝑧 =
5
or 1
z= = = =2
A = 0.0987 + 0.4772
= 0.5759 or 57.59%
A = 0.5 – 0.1915
= 0.3085
250(0.3085) = 77.125 or 77
A = 0.5 – 0.2357
= 0.2643 or 26.43%
A = 0.3413 or 34.13%
A = 2(0.4938)
= 0.9876 or 98.76%
2.
-1.25
A = 0.5 – 0.3944
= 0.1056 or 10.56%
A = 0.4938 + 0.2734
= 0.7672 or 76.72%
= 0.1056 + 0.2857
= 0.3913 or 39.13%
= 0.1056 or 10.56%
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
A = 0.5 – 0.3944 + 0.4772 – 0.3159
= 0.1056 + 0.1613
= 0.2669 or 26.69%
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
A = 0.5 – 0.3944 + 0.3413 + 0.5 – 0.3159
= 0.1056 + 0.3413 + 0.1841
= 0.6310 or 63.10%
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
-2.75
A = 0.5 – 0.4970
= 0.003 or 0.30%
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.
-2.75
z = where:
= sample mean
μ = population mean
σ =population standard deviation
= -0.40
= 0.500 – 0.1554
= 0.3446 or 34.46%
= -2.83
=0
= 0.50 or 50%
= -0.2
= 0.0793 or 7.93%
= -0.3
= 0.0446 or 4.46%
Solution:
P(x > 95) = ? Thus, the probability of a randomly selected
student to have a score above 95 4.46%.
z=
= 1.7
z=
= -0.42