Module 5 Psy002
Module 5 Psy002
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION/
DIVERGENCE FROM NORMALITY
PSY 002
PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS
GINA T. MONTALLA
Instructor
09176147214
MODULE 5:
MODULE SCHEDULE:
Synchronous Meeting: schedule per
class (once a week)
Asynchronous Meeting: 5hrs.
/week
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After completing this module, you should be able to:
1. describe the characteristics of a normal curve;
2. transform raw scores to z-scores;
3. compute the z-score for a raw score, given the raw score, the mean and standard deviation of
the distribution;
4. compute the z-score for a raw score, given the raw score, the mean, and the distribution of raw
scores;
5. use z-scores to find (a) percentage of scores falling below a given raw score (b) percentage of
scores falling above any raw score (c) percentage of scores falling between any two raw scores
in the distribution; and
6. compute for skewness and kurtosis
INPUT INFORMATION
TOPICS:
➢ Properties of Normal Distribution
➢ Standard Normal Distribution
➢ Areas Under the Normal Curve
➢ Application of a Normal Distribution
➢ Divergence from Normality
o Skewness
o Kurtosis
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Consider the grades of students in Economics. Examining the distribution of the grades, the frequency
distribution is shown below:
Table 1
Grades of Students in Economics
Grades Number of Students
90 – 92 3
87 – 89 6
84 – 86 11
81 – 83 12
78 – 80 10
75 – 77 8
72 - 74 2
Total 52
GRADES OF STUDENTS IN
ECONOMICS
14
12
NO. OF STUDENTS
10
8
6
4
2
0
73 76 79 82 85 88 91
GRADES
The solid segments represent the frequency polygon. If the segment are smoothened so that there are no
corners, then the resulting graph is a curve which has highest point approximately at the middle. The
curve rises from the lowest classmark until it reaches the highest point. Beyond this point, the curve
tapers off down to the last classmark. In effect, the resulting curve is more or less bell-shaped. Thus, the
distribution is called the normal distribution and the graph is called the normal curve.
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Let us look at the normal curves of the 3 distributions with different means and standard
deviations, and verify if the area for the intervals 70 – 90 are the same for all curves.
1. 𝑥̅ = 80 and 𝑠 = 5
2. 𝑥̅ = 80 and 𝑠 = 10
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3. 𝑥̅ = 75 and 𝑠 = 5
Z-score measures how many standard deviations a particular value is above or below the mean.
𝑋− 𝜇
Formula: Z = 𝜎
where : X is the raw score
𝜇 is the mean
𝜎 is the standard deviation
𝑋− 𝜇
The standardized normal distribution is composed of the values of Z where Z = 𝜎 , obviously,
for every value of X, there is a value of Z, hence the standardized normal distribution is also
referred to as the Z-distribution.
Let us take the case when 𝜇 = 80 and 𝜎 = 5
By the application of the formula for Z, it is easy to see that
For X = 𝜇 = 80 Z=0
For X = 85 Z=1
For X = 75 Z = -1
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81−80
If X = 81, then Z = = 0.2
5
74−80
If X = 74,then Z = 5 = -1.2
Given a distribution of scores of 40 students in Algebra with 𝜇 = 80 and 𝜎 = 5 and in English with
𝜇 = 75 and 𝜎 = 5, If Hazel is a member of the said class, and he got 85 in Algebra and 82 in
English, in which test did he performed better? The given information is shown in the table below,
where X represent hazel’s score
Algebra English
𝝁 80 75
𝝈 5 5
X 85 82
Although Hazel got 85 in Algebra and 82 in English, we cannot conclude at once that she performed better
in Algebra. We have to determine her performance in the subject relative to the performance of the other
member of the class. This can be done by getting the Z-score in both subjects.
85−80
• Hazel’s Z-score in Algebra: Z = 5 = 1.0
82−80
• Hazel’s Z-score in English Z= = 1.4
5
These results are interpreted as follows:
Hazel’s score in Algebra is 1 standard deviation above the mean, while her score in English is 1.4
standard deviation above the mean. Therefore, Hazel performed better in English than in Algebra.
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Z-TABLE
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The Z-table shows the areas under the standard normal curve from Z = 0 to Z = ± Z. But the
negative Zs are no longer written because the normal curve is symmetrical about the mean. Remember
that the area to the left and to the right of Z = 0 is equal to 0.5000.
Here are the steps in finding the area with use of z-table
1. Draw the normal curve.
2. Shade the required region
3. Use the table to get the area.
a. The entries in the leftmost columnare the Z’s in one decimal places from 0.0 to 3.9
b. The entries on the top represents the column re the hundreth’s place in the z-score
4. Problems in finding the area can be stated in two forms as enumerated below.
a. Find the area to the right of Z =0 can be written as P(Z≥0), read as “The probability that
Z will take the value greater than or equal to zero.
b. Find the area to the left of Z =0 can be written as P(Z≤0), read as “The probability that Z
will take the value less than or equal to zero.
c. Find the area from Z = -2.41 to Z = 1.98 can be written
▪ Example 8: The IQ of 300 students in a cetain college is approximately normally distributed with
mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15
a. What is the probability that a randomly selected students will have an IQ of 115
and above?
b. How many students have an IQ between 85 and 120?
To answer the problem, the following steps should be followed:
a. To find the probability that a randomly selected students will have an IQ of 115 and
above…
115−100
• Find the Z corresponding to 115: Z = 15 = 1.0
•Since the required IQ is 115 and above, we have
to find P(Z ≥ 1.0)
Area to the right of Z = 0 is 0.5000
Area from Z = 0 to Z = 1.0 is 0.3413
Subtracting the areas, we get 0.1587
• Since the area is 01587, then the probability that
a randomly selected students will have an IQ of 115 and above is 15.87%
b. To find the number of sudents who have an IQ between 85 and 120…
• Find the Z-score corresponding to 85 and 120:
85−100 120−100
Z = 15 = -1.0 Z = 15 = 1.33
• Since the required IQ is between 85 and 120, we
have to find P(-1.0 ≤ Z ≤ 1.33)
Area from Z = 0 to Z = 1.33 is 0.4082
Area from Z – 0 toZ = -1.0 is 0.3413
Adding the areas, we obtain 0.7495
• Since the area is 0.7495, then the number of
students with IQ falling between 85 and 120 is 0.7495 x 300 students = 225
students
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▪ Example 9: The final grade of 100 third year students approximate a normal distribution with a
mean of 85 and a standard deviation of 12. What is the grade od Donna if 30% of the students got
grades lower than her?
• Find Z
• Since 30% got grades lower than Donna’s,
then the area to the left of –Z is 0.3000
• We have to find Z , when the area from Z = 0
is 0.2000, the result after subtracting 0.3000
from 0.5000
• Locating the value of Z in the table, we fin Z = -0.53
• To find Donna’s grade, we have to solve for X in the fomula
𝑋− 𝜇
Z =
𝜎
𝑋−85
-0.53 = 12
X – 85 = -0.53 (12)
X = 79
Threfore, Donna’s grade is 79.
▪ Example 10: In a test in Statistics, a class of fifty students obtained a scores which are normally
distributed with mean 30 and whose standard deviation is 5.
• How many students are expected to get scores between 30 – 36?
• Find the number of students who are expected to get scores lower than 25.
• Find the number of students who are expected to get scores between 22 – 41.
• What score bounds the 19.5% below the mean?
• Find the score that bounds the uppermost 5%.
To answer the problem, the following steps should be followed:
a. To find the number of students who are expected to get scores between 30 – 36…
The term “expected means that we are looking for the probability that the students would
get scores between 30 and 36. What we are going to
determine is the area under the curve bounded by X = 30
and X = 36, indicated by the shaded region
• Find the Z-value of X =36
36−30
Z = 5 = 1.2 (Look at the Z-table)
Find the area from Z = 0 to Z = 1.2
Area fro Z = 0 to Z = 1.2 is 0.3849
• Since the area is 0.3839, then the number of students who are expected to get the
score between 30 to 36 is 0.3849 x 50 is 19 students
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SKEWNESS (Sk)
𝟑 (𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏− 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏) 𝟑 (𝒙 ̃
̅− 𝒙)
Sk = or Sk =
𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔
Example 1: Find the coefficient of skewness and indicate if the distribution is normal, skewed to
the left or skewed to the right.
72 71 67 97 61 75 78 82 67 91
▪ Put the distribution into an array: 61, 67, 67, 71, 72, 75, 78, 82, 91, 97
▪ Find the mean = 76.1
▪ Find the median = 73.5
▪ Find the standard deviation =10.65
𝟑 (𝒙 ̃
̅− 𝒙) 𝟑 (𝟕𝟔.𝟏− 𝟕𝟑.𝟓)
▪ Find Sk = == = 0.73
𝒔 𝟏𝟎.𝟔𝟓
▪ Since Sk is positive, then is skewed to the right
KURTOSIS (K)
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Example: Find the coefficient of kurtosis in the given distribution. Interpret the result.
2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6
▪ Find Q1 = 3
▪ Find Q3 = 4
▪ Find Q = 0.5
▪ Find P90 = 5
▪ Find P10 = 1.6
𝑄 0.5
▪ Find K = =
𝑃90 − 𝑃10 5−1.6
= 0.147
▪ Since K < 0.263, that is, 0.147 < 0.263, then the distribution is PLATYKURTIC
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. In an examination, the mean grade is 81 and the standard deviation is 6. Find the Z-score of the
grades of the following students.
a. Arman, 75
b. Luiz, 90
c. Clara, 62
d. Marlon, 80
e. Almira, 96
2. Using problem 1, find the grades of each students whose Z-score are given.
a. Martha, Z = 1
b. Alberto, Z = -3
c. Lorna, Z = -2.5
d. Martin, Z = 1.25
e. Bernardo, Z = 2.33
3. Draw the normal curve, shad the given area, then find Z-score
a. If the area to the right of +Z is 0.0329
b. If the area to the left of -Z is 0.4522
c. If the area to the left of +Z is 0.9925
d. If the area to the right of -Z is 0.8289
e. If the area from Z = 0.5 to +Z(right of 0.5) is 0.2010
4. Given the normal distribution with mean = 160 and standard deviation = 15, find the area
a. Above 170
b. Below150
c. From 140 – 165
d. From 175 – 180
e. To the left of 180
5. Solve the following problems
a. In an examination in Statistics, the mean grade is 72 and the standard deviation is 6. Find
the probability that the particular students will have a score:
i. Higher than or equal to 75
ii. From 65 – 80
iii. Lower than or equal to 60
b. The scores of 400 applicants who took the examination in a certain company approximate
normal distribution, with a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 5.
i. How many applicants got a score of 80 and above?
ii. How many applicants got a score of 70 and below?
iii. How many applicants got a score from 70 – 80?
iv. What is the lowest score of applicants for interview if only 15 % will be
considered?
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c. Armando has determined that the average length of time it takes him to travel from his
home to school is 50 minutes with the standard deviation of 5 minutes. What is the
probability that on a particular day, his travel time will be:
i. Less than or equal to 45 minutes
ii. Greater than or equal to 1 hour
d. The mean age of students in a particular college is 14.5 with the standard deviation of 3.
If the total enrolment in the school is 500, how many students have ages:
i. Greater than or equal to 16?
ii. Below 13
iii. From 14 to 16?
ASSESSMENT/ EVALUATION
Quiz using Google form (link)
ASSIGNMENT
1. The following are the number of minutes used by 13 students in answering a particular problem
in Statistics: 58, 24, 31, 28, 27, 27, 38, 23, 18, 29, 20, 24, 21. Determine the value of the following.
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Standard deviation
d. Skewness (Interpret the result)
e. Q1
f. Q3
g. Q
h. P90
i. P10
j. Kurtosis ( Interpret the result)
2. The table shows the score obtained by 80 applicants for secretarial position in a certain
manufacturing company. Determine the value of the following
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Standard deviation
d. Skewness (Interpret the result)
e. Q1
f. Q3
g. Q
h. P90
i. P10
j. Kurtosis (Interpret the result)
Scores Frequency
82-90 3
73-81 9
64-72 18
55-63 15
46-54 22
37-45 37
28-32 1
19-27 3
10-18 2
c = ___ n = _____
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LEARNING RESOURCES
Textbooks:
Myers, A. & Hansen, C. (2017) Experimental Psychology. Pasig City: Cengage Learning.
McGuigan F.J. (2004). Experimental Psychology: Methods of Research (7th ed.). Singapore:
Pearson Education South Asia Pte. Ltd.
Online Resources:
https://prezi.com/htvok70eidre/chapter-1-experimental-psychology-and-the-scientific-
method/
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