Chapter 5 Review Elementary Statistics
Chapter 5 Review Elementary Statistics
Since
the normal distribution is for a continuous variable, normal variable X can take any value from a
range of values. It cannot be expressed as a table form. The formula for the normal distribution
is
( )
2
−1 x−μ
1 2 σ
P ( x )= e
σ √2 π
Mean: μ Variance:σ 2
We use the standard normal distribution to find the probability/ area under the curve or
find the value for which we are having the specific area.
Note: pnorm ( z ) gives us the lower tail area under the curve where z is the z-value
a) P ( Z <1.58 )=0.9428
b) P ( Z >−1.23 )=0.8907
Rcode: 1− pnorm(−1.23)
Example : Weight of men are normally distributed with a mean 172lbs and standard deviation
29lbs. If a man is randomly selected, find the probability that his weight is less than 174lbs.
(
Solution: P ( X <174 )=P Z <
174−172
29 )
=P ( Z <0.07 )=0.52790
Using R: pnorm(0.07)
Example: If 2.5% of the thermometers are rejected because they have too low of a reading and
another top 2.5% are rejected because they have too high of a reading. If the readings on the
thermometers have normal distribution with μ=0 and σ =1. Find the two cut off readings (top
and bottom) on the thermometers.
Definition: Let X 1 , X 2 , … , X n be a random sample from normal distribution with mean μ and
variance σ 2. Then
x −μ
Z=
σ
√n
where Z has standard normal distribution when ___n>30______. This is true even when sample
is not taken from normal population.
x −μ
Z=
σ
x−μ
n>30 ¿ Z=
When working with sample mean X from any distribution when σ
√n
Example: Weights of men are normally distributed with mean 172lbs and standard deviation
29lbs.
a) If an individual man is randomly selected, find the probability that his weight will be
greater than
175lbs.
(
1−P Z ≤
175−172
29 )
=1−P ( Z ≤ 0.10 ) =1−0.5398=0.4602
Using R: 1− pnorm(0.10)
b) Find the probability that 20 randomly selected men will have mean weight greater
than 175lbs.
Solution:
( )
175−172
P ( X >175 ) =1−P Z < =1−P ( Z <0.46 )=1−0.67724
29
√ 20