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The normal distribution is the most important and widely used probability distribution in statistics. It fits many natural phenomena like heights, blood pressure, and IQ scores. A z-score measures how many standard deviations a data point is from the mean, and can be placed on the normal distribution curve ranging from -3 to +3 standard deviations. To determine if data follows a normal distribution, one can check if about 68% of observations fall within one standard deviation of the mean, 95% within two standard deviations, and 99.7% within three standard deviations in accordance with the bell-shaped density curve defined by the data's mean and standard deviation. If data is not normal, a nonparametric version of the statistical test may be more

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The normal distribution is the most important and widely used probability distribution in statistics. It fits many natural phenomena like heights, blood pressure, and IQ scores. A z-score measures how many standard deviations a data point is from the mean, and can be placed on the normal distribution curve ranging from -3 to +3 standard deviations. To determine if data follows a normal distribution, one can check if about 68% of observations fall within one standard deviation of the mean, 95% within two standard deviations, and 99.7% within three standard deviations in accordance with the bell-shaped density curve defined by the data's mean and standard deviation. If data is not normal, a nonparametric version of the statistical test may be more

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1.A.

What is normal distribution

The normal distribution, also called the Gauss distribution, is the probability distribution most
widely used in various statistical analyzes. The standard normal distribution is the normal
distribution which has an average of zero and one standard deviation.

b.Why should be normal in statistics?

The normal distribution is the most important probability distribution in statistics because it fits
many natural phenomena. For example, heights, blood pressure, measurement error, and IQ
scores follow the normal distribution. It is also known as the Gaussian distribution and the bell
curve.

The normal distribution is a probability function that describes how the values of a variable are
distributed. It is a symmetric distribution where most of the observations cluster around the
central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in
both directions. Extreme values in both tails of the distribution are similarly unlikely.

C.What is Z-value in normal distribution


imply put, a z-score is the number of standard deviations from the mean a data point is. But
more technically it’s a measure of how many standard deviations below or above the
population mean a raw score is. A z-score is also known as a standard score and it can be placed
on a normal distribution curve. Z-scores range from -3 standard deviations (which would fall to
the far left of the normal distribution curve) up to +3 standard deviations (which would fall to
the far right of the normal distribution curve). In order to use a z-score, you need to know the
mean μ and also the population standard deviation σ.

D.How do you know if data is normally distributed?


A normal distribution has a bell-shaped density curve described by its mean and standard
deviation . The density curve is symmetrical, centered about its mean, with its spread
determined by its standard deviation. The height of a normal density curve at a given point x is
given by
The Standard Normal curve, shown here, has mean 0 and standard deviation 1. If a dataset follows a
normal distribution, then about 68% of the observations will fall within of the mean , which in this case
is with the interval (-1,1). About 95% of the observations will fall within 2 standard deviations of the
mean, which is the interval (-2,2) for the standard normal, and about 99.7% of the observations will fall
within 3 standard deviations of the mean, which corresponds to the interval (-3,3) in this case. Although
it may appear as if a normal distribution does not include any values beyond a certain interval, the
density is actually positive for all values, . Data from any normal distribution may be transformed into
data following the standard normal distribution by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard
deviation .

E.What should we do if data is not normal?

Many practitioners suggest that if your data are not normal, you should do a nonparametric version of
the test, which does not assume normality. From my experience, I would say that if you have non-
normal data, you may look at the nonparametric version of the test you are interested in running. But
more important, if the test you are running is not sensitive to normality, you may still run it even if the
data are not normal.

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