Statistics:Data Management: Section 1: The Normal Distribution Section 2: Simple Linear Regression
Statistics:Data Management: Section 1: The Normal Distribution Section 2: Simple Linear Regression
Statistics:Data Management: Section 1: The Normal Distribution Section 2: Simple Linear Regression
MANAGEMENT
Section 1: The Normal Distribution
Description – the researcher must know how to guide readers in understanding the
methods of a research and in analyzing its results.
Inference – the researcher must use the results of data analysis to make good predictions
and correct decisions.
The Normal Distribution
The normal distribution is perhaps the most commonly used continuous probability
distribution in the entire field of statistics.
It provides a good model for most continuous populations.
It has a bell-shaped curve also known as the normal curve
Characteristics for Normal Distribution
The distribution is bell-shaped.
The mean, median, and mode are equal and are located at the center of the distribution.
The total area under the normal distribution curve is 1.00 or 100%
The area under the part of a normal curve that lies within 1 standard deviation of the mean 68%; within 2
standard deviation, about 95%; and with 3 standard deviation, about 99.7%.
Normal Distribution Curve
Standard Normal Distribution
x
z
Example:
Determine the area under the standard normal distribution curve
a. Between z = 0 and z = 1.85
b. Between z = 0 and z = -1.15
c. To the right of z = 1.15
d. To the left of z = -1.85
e. Between z = 0.75 and z = 1.85
f. Between z = -0.75 and z = -1.85
g. Between z = 1.15 and z = -1.85
h. To the left of z = 1.15
i. To the right of z = -1.15
j. To the right of z = 1.15 and to the left of z =-1.85
k. Find the z value such that the area under the standard normal distribution curve is between 0
and z value is 0.3962
Application
The average Pag-ibig salary loan for RFS Pharmacy Inc. employees is P23,000. If the debt
is normally distributed with a standard deviation of P2,500, find the probability that the
employee owes less than P18,500.
The average age of bank managers is 40 years. Assume the variable is normally
distributed. If the standard deviation is 5 years, find the probability that the age of a
randomly selected bank manager will be in the range between 35 and 46 years old.