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Câu 20 - Hints

The document provides hints for working with normal distributions, including notation for mean and standard deviation. It outlines methods for calculating z-scores, probabilities for events within certain ranges, and finding percentiles using the inverse normal function. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of using appropriate bounds when calculating probabilities.

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Câu 20 - Hints

The document provides hints for working with normal distributions, including notation for mean and standard deviation. It outlines methods for calculating z-scores, probabilities for events within certain ranges, and finding percentiles using the inverse normal function. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of using appropriate bounds when calculating probabilities.

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3/26/25, 3:25 PM Hints

Hints:

We write X ~ N(m,s) to mean that the distribution is Normal (N) with mean m and standard deviation s.
The mean and the standard deviation are given in the problem.

For a normal distribution, the mean and the median are the same.

To find the z-score, use the formula: z = (x - m)/s.

To find the probability that an event is between two numbers a and b, use your calculator with N(a,b,m,s).

To find the probability that an event is less than a number a, use your calculator with N(-99999,a,m,s). It
is recommended that you use at least enough 9's so that the lower bound is at least 10 times larger in
magnitude than the maximum magnitude of a, m, and s.

To find the probability that an event is greater than a number b, use your calculator with N(b,99999,m,s).
It is recommended that you use at least enough 9's so that the upper bound is at least 10 times larger in
magnitude than the maximum of b, m, and s.

For normal distribution probabilities, < is the same as < and > is the same as >.

If you want to find the value such that the proportion of the data that is below that value is p, then use the
inverse normal: invNorm(p,m,s).

To find the pth percentile, first convert p to a decimal and then use the inverse normal. For example, to
find the 17th percentile, use invNorm(0.17,m,s). Note that the first quartile is the 25th percentile and the
third quartile is the 75th percentile.

To find out the value such that the proportion above that value is p, first subtract from 1 and then use the
hint above. invNorm(1-p,m,s)

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