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Is important in making inferences in statistics |
Normal probability distribution |
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It has the same shape as the discrete probability distribution and is used to calculate probabilities concerning a population |
Normal probability distribution |
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Normal probability distribution is commonly known as the? |
Normal curve |
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The probability distribution for a continuos random variable X is a? |
Bell-shaped curve |
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The curve is sometimes called? |
Probability density function |
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Is a function of the random variable X |
Curve |
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It is usually used as a mathematical model in Inferential Stat |
Curve |
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What are the 2 most important characteristics of a target population in the sketch of a normal probability distribution |
Mean; SD |
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Tells the value of a random variable that is expected if the experiment is done repeteadly |
Mean |
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Indicates how far, on the average, is an observed value of a random variable from its mean |
SD |
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Is the most important continuos probability distribution in the entire field of stat |
Normal Curve |
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Normal curve is represented by a? |
Bell-shaped curve |
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The probablity distribution of the normal curve is called a? |
Normal distribution |
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It occupies a central place in the study of the theory of Stat |
Normal curve |
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Basic for solving different types of statistical problems |
Normal curve |
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It is one of the models for the population relative frequency distribution |
Normal curve |
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Normal curve is also known as? |
Symmetrical distribution or Gaussian distribution |
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Who developed the mathematical equation of normal curve? |
Abraham de Moivre |
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Abramhan de Moivre developed the mathematical equation of normal curve in/on? |
1974 |
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He was the first who helped the gamblers in the 18th century |
Abraham de Moivre |
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Who further developed the concept of probability |
Gauss and Laplace |
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The total area under the normal curve and above the horizontal axis is eqaul to? |
1 or 100% |
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One SD from the mean is? |
68.26% |
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Two SD from the mean is? |
95.44% |
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Three SD from the mean is about? |
99.74% |
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It is the position of a value of x in terms of the number of SD, which is located from the mean |
Standard score |
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Is defined as a measure of a relative standing |
Standard score |
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It measures the distance between an observation and the mean, measured in units of standard dev |
Standard Score |
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Z? |
Standard score |
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ò? |
Population standard deviation |
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s? |
Sample Standard deviation |
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M? |
Population mean |
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X? |
any empirical value of the distribution |
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X bar |
Sample mean |
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A distribution with mean equal to zero and SD is equal to 1 |
Standard Normal Distribution |
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In SND the area is simply the graphical representation of |
Percentage Probability Proportion |