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Is important in making inferences in statistics

Normal probability distribution

It has the same shape as the discrete probability distribution and is used to calculate probabilities concerning a population

Normal probability distribution

Normal probability distribution is commonly known as the?

Normal curve

The probability distribution for a continuos random variable X is a?

Bell-shaped curve

The curve is sometimes called?

Probability density function

Is a function of the random variable X

Curve

It is usually used as a mathematical model in Inferential Stat

Curve

What are the 2 most important characteristics of a target population in the sketch of a normal probability distribution

Mean; SD

Tells the value of a random variable that is expected if the experiment is done repeteadly

Mean

Indicates how far, on the average, is an observed value of a random variable from its mean

SD

Is the most important continuos probability distribution in the entire field of stat

Normal Curve

Normal curve is represented by a?

Bell-shaped curve

The probablity distribution of the normal curve is called a?

Normal distribution

It occupies a central place in the study of the theory of Stat

Normal curve

Basic for solving different types of statistical problems

Normal curve

It is one of the models for the population relative frequency distribution

Normal curve

Normal curve is also known as?

Symmetrical distribution or Gaussian distribution

Who developed the mathematical equation of normal curve?

Abraham de Moivre

Abramhan de Moivre developed the mathematical equation of normal curve in/on?

1974

He was the first who helped the gamblers in the 18th century

Abraham de Moivre

Who further developed the concept of probability

Gauss and Laplace

The total area under the normal curve and above the horizontal axis is eqaul to?

1 or 100%

One SD from the mean is?

68.26%

Two SD from the mean is?

95.44%

Three SD from the mean is about?

99.74%

It is the position of a value of x in terms of the number of SD, which is located from the mean

Standard score

Is defined as a measure of a relative standing

Standard score

It measures the distance between an observation and the mean, measured in units of standard dev

Standard Score

Z?

Standard score

ò?

Population standard deviation

s?

Sample Standard deviation

M?

Population mean

X?

any empirical value of the distribution

X bar

Sample mean

A distribution with mean equal to zero and SD is equal to 1

Standard Normal Distribution

In SND the area is simply the graphical representation of

Percentage


Probability


Proportion