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Continuous Probability Distribution
Continuous Probability Distribution
Distributions
Douglas A Lind, William G Marchal and Samuel A
Wathen.
Characteristics of a Normal
Probability Distribution
It is bell-shaped and has a single peak at the center of
the distribution.
The arithmetic mean, median, and mode are equal
The total area under the curve is 1.00; half the area under
the normal curve is to the right of this center point and
the other half to the left of it.
It is symmetrical about the mean.
It is asymptotic: The curve gets closer and closer to the
X-axis but never actually touches it. To put it another way,
the tails of the curve extend indefinitely in both directions.
The location of a normal distribution is determined by the
mean,, the dispersion or spread of the distribution is
determined by the standard deviation, .
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are:
1. For the probability at least X occurs,
use the area above (X -.5).
2. For the probability that more than X
occurs, use the area above (X+.5).
3. For the probability that X or fewer
occurs, use the area below (X +.5).
4. For the probability that fewer than X
occurs, use the area below (X-.5).
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