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Normal Distribution
Normal Distribution
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Statistics
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Frequency Distributions and Histograms
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Frequency Distributions and Histograms
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Frequency Distributions and Histograms
Table 13.9
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Example 1 – Solution cont’d
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Normal Distributions and the
Empirical Rule
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Normal Distributions and the Empirical Rule
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Normal Distributions and the Empirical Rule
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Normal Distributions and the Empirical Rule
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Normal Distributions and the Empirical Rule
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Normal Distributions and the Empirical Rule
A normal distribution
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Example 2 – Use the Empirical Rule to Solve an Application
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Example 2 – Solution
a. The $2.74 per gallon price is 2 standard deviations
below the mean. The $3.46 price is 2 standard
deviations above the mean. In a normal distribution,
95% of all data lie within 2 standard deviations of the
mean. See Figure 13.4.
Figure 13.4
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Example 2 – Solution cont’d
Therefore approximately
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Example 2 – Solution cont’d
Figure 13.5
Thus, approximately
This means that the other 5% of the data will lie either
more than 2 standard deviations above the mean or
more than 2 standard deviations below the mean. We
are interested only in the data that are more than 2
standard deviations above the mean, which is of 5%,
or 2.5%, of the data.
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Example 2 – Solution cont’d
Figure 13.6
Thus about
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The Standard Normal Distribution
It is often helpful to convert data values x to z-scores, by
using the z-score formulas:
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Example 3 – Use Symmetry to Determine an Area
Solution:
Because the standard normal distribution is symmetrical
about the center line z = 0, the area of the standard normal
distribution between z = –1.44 and z = 0 is equal to the
area between z = 0 and z = 1.44.
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Example 3 – Solution cont’d
Symmetrical region
Figure 13.9
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Example 5 – Solve an Application
A soda machine dispenses soda into 12-ounce cups. Tests
show that the actual amount of soda dispensed is normally
distributed, with a mean of 11.5 oz and a standard
deviation of 0.2 oz.
a. What percent of cups will receive less than 11.25 oz of
soda?
b. What percent of cups will receive between 11.2 oz and
11.55 oz of soda?
c. If a cup is filled at random, what is the probability that
the machine will overflow the cup?
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Example 5 – Solution
a. We know that the formula for the z-score for a data value
x is
Thus the percent of the cups that the vending machine will
fill with between 11.2 oz and 11.55 oz of soda is
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Example 5 – Solution cont’d
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Example 5 – Solution cont’d