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    M A E D 6 0 2 : S TAT I S T I C A L M E T H O D S

    NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS
    The Normal Curve, Skewness, Kurtosis, and
    Probability

    VON CHRISTOPHER G. CHUA, LPT, MST


    Affiliate, ESSU-Graduate School
    Session Objectives
    In this fraction of the course on Statistical Methods, graduate students
    enrolled in the subject are expected to do the following:

    1. Describe normal distributions 4. Interpret areas under the normal


    through the properties of the normal curves as probabilities.
    curve. 5. Define skewness and kurtosis.
    2. Convert raw scores into standard (z) 6. Describe a distribution in terms of its
    scores. skewness and kurtosis based on its
    3. Compute for the area under the curve
    normal curve.

    This slideshow presentation will be made available through the official course website:
    mathbychua.weebly.com.
    Download the document to use it as reference.
    Normal
    Distributions and
    their Curve
    Defining what is normal to know what is not
    Consider the following histograms.

    Which of these best represents the following distributions:


    (1) Height of adult women; (2) monthly income of employees in a
    company; (3) weight of male college students; (4) number of
    Facebook friends of teenagers; (5) marrying age of men
    This is an example of a normal distribution.

    A normal distribution is a continuous probability


    distribution defined by the probability density function:
    Normal distributions are also called the Bell or Gaussian Distribution.

    Normal distributions are not represented by just one normal curve but a
    family of normal curves.

    The shape of these normal curves are determined by two important


    quantities: the mean and the standard deviation.
    Defined by the mean and standard deviation
    Symmetric around the mean
    The three measures of central tendency are equal
    Unimodal
    The area under the curve is 1.0
    Denser in the center, less in the tails
    Asymptotic to the x-axis

    Properties of 68% of the area of the normal curve is within one


    standard deviation of the mean, 95% within 2 sds,
    the Normal
    99.7% within 3 sds (Empirical rule)
    Curve
    Symmetric around
    the mean
    Normal Distribution Bimodal Distribution The three measures
    of central tendency
    are equal
    Unimodal
    Denser in the
    center, less in the
    tails

    Positively-skewed Negatively-skewed
    Distribution Distribution
    (Skewed to the right) (Skewed to the left)
    Standard Score and
    Area Under the
    Normal Curve
    How far do you mean? What are my chances?
    The mean score of 250 job applicants of a private company in an English
    Proficiency Test is 67 with a standard deviation of 6. If this data is normally
    distributed, what interval would represent scores within one standard deviation
    away from the mean? 2 standard deviations? 3?



    Jason was one of the applicants. He was told that he got a score of 79 in the test.
    What percent of the applicants did Jason outrank in the test with his score?

    Kaye also took the test and obtained a score of 75. What percent of the applicants
    did she outrank in the test?

    The standard score, or z score, is the number of standard deviations

    that a given value x is above or below the mean. It is found by using the
    formula:

    The z score is used to identify the probability that a score falls below a
    value, above a value, or within an interval of values in a normal
    distribution. This is done with the aid of the z table.

    What is the probability that an applicant got a score of 70 or


    less? greater than 60? at least 80?

    What is the probability that an applicant got a score between


    58 and 69?
    Adult
    IQ scores have a bell-shaped distribution with a
    mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Determine the
    percentage of adults that meet the following conditions.
    Draw a sketch and shade the proper region for each
    problem.

    1. IQ greater than 125


    2. IQ equal to 125
    3. IQ less than 93
    4. IQ between 111 and 134
    5. IQ either less than 80 or greater than 140.
    6. Find the IQ that corresponds to .

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