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Special Distribution For Continuous Random Variable: Normal Distribution

The document discusses the normal distribution and provides examples of using it. It introduces the normal distribution and provides an example of finding the probability between two values for a given mean and standard deviation. It then notes that using statistical tables is an alternative to direct integration of the normal density function. Finally, it presents the 68-95-99.7 rule for a normal distribution and provides an example of using this rule to estimate a probability given a mean and standard deviation.

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Special Distribution For Continuous Random Variable: Normal Distribution

The document discusses the normal distribution and provides examples of using it. It introduces the normal distribution and provides an example of finding the probability between two values for a given mean and standard deviation. It then notes that using statistical tables is an alternative to direct integration of the normal density function. Finally, it presents the 68-95-99.7 rule for a normal distribution and provides an example of using this rule to estimate a probability given a mean and standard deviation.

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Special distribution for continuous random variable: Normal

distribution
Example: Find (2<X<3) for mean=4, st dev = 2 God, why so hard? (google
“integrating normal density function” – Good luck! haha)

An alternative : use
statistical table

Problem: There will be


infinite combination of mean
and standard deviation

Use standard normal


distribution instead of
normal distribution
68-95-99.7 rule for a Normal Distribution

68% of the data is within 1 standard deviation (σ) of the mean (μ),
95% of the data is within 2 standard deviations (σ) of the mean (μ), and
99.7% of the data is within 3 standard deviations (σ) of the mean (μ).

Examples
Find the estimation (use 68-95-99.7 rule) of P(X>2) for mean=2 and
st dev = 2.

Examples on standard normal distribution

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