1.) Find the following areas under the standard normal curve.
a. The area to the left of z = -0.76
b. The area to the right of z = -1.36
c. The area between z = -1.22 and z = 1.33
2.) A large group of students took a test in Finite Math where the grades had a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 4. Assume that the distribution of these grades is approximated by a normal...
- What is a normal distribution and why is it useful for
understanding probabilities and statistics? Provide an example of a
normal distribution and explain why it can be categorized as a
normal distribution.
- What is the difference between a standard normal distribution
and a normal distribution?
- How do we standardize a normal distribution?
- What is a z-score? How do we calculate the z-score for a
normal variable?
- How could the standard normal (z) distribution table...
The normal distribution or bell-shaped curve from statistics
provides an example of a continuous probability distribution curve.
While calculating the probability of the occurrence of an event, we
find that the area under the curve between the desired range of
profitability values is 0.438. What does this mean?
A. The probability of the occurrence of the event is 56.2
percent.
B. The probability of the occurrence of the event is 0.438
percent.
C. The probability of the occurrence of the...
Find the area under the curve of the normal distribution that is
in the following interval: -2.95 < Z < -2.00 Enter this
answer as a number rounded to four digits after the decimal point.
Do not use words.
About % of the area under the curve of the standard normal
distribution is outside the interval z=[−1.42,1.42]z=[-1.42,1.42]
(or beyond 1.42 standard deviations of the mean).
a. About % of the area under the curve of the standard normal
distribution is outside the interval z=[−0.3,0.3]z=[-0.3,0.3] (or
beyond 0.3 standard deviations of the mean).
b. Assume that z-scores are normally distributed with a
mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
If P(−b<z<b)=0.6404P(-b<z<b)=0.6404, find
b.
b=
c. Suppose your manager indicates that for a normally
distributed data set you are analyzing, your company wants data
points between z=−1.6z=-1.6 and z=1.6z=1.6 standard deviations of
the mean (or...
Normal probability distribution
Is a continuous distribution
Review the in-class Excel worksheet and list criteria under
which it is appropriate to use the normal distribution in the
calculation of probabilities
Review the Excel Normal Distribution video clip in the In-class
Excel folder. The feature needs the mean and the standard deviation
of the distribution under study. Use Excel to calculate the
following Normal distribution probabilities:
Mean = 5ft, standard deviation = .7ft. The probability that a
woman’s height is over...
In finding the areas under the normal curve, if we wish to
determine the area above A, and A is greater than the mean, we?
A) we find the area below A on the positive Z table and subtract
it from .5000
. B) we find the area below A on the positive Z table and
subtract it from 1.000.
C) the positive Z table gives us the area above A
D) we find the area below A on the...
Find the indicated area under the curve of the standard normal
distribution; then convert it to a percentage and fill in the
blank.
About ________% of the area is between z = -3.5 and z = 3.5
(or within 3.5 standard deviations of the mean).
Given a standard normal distribution, find the area under the
curve that lies (a) to the right of z=1.25; (b) to the left of z=
-0.4; (c) to the left of z= 0.8; (d) between z=0.4 and z=1.3; (e)
between z= -0.3 and z= 0.9; and (f) outside z= -1.5 to z= 1.5.