Design and Data Analysis in Psychology I English group (A) Salvador Chacón Moscoso Susana Sanduvete Chaves Milagrosa Sánchez Martín School of Psychology Dpt. Experimental Psychology
Lesson 4 Normal distribution
The normal distribution is represented as the limit of a bar chart (increasing indefinitely the number of bars) Normal distribution
4 This distribution depends on 2 parameters : and 1 1. Normal distribution: characteristics
5 The normal curve has a single maximum. Mo = Mdn = 2 1. Normal distribution: characteristics
6 The normal curve has 2 inflection points 3 1. Normal distribution: characteristics
7 The normal curve is asymptotic to the abscissa Normal distribution: characteristics
8 It is a symmetric distribution ( A s = 0) A s = Normal distribution: characteristics
9 It is a mesokurtic distribution (K r = 0). K r = Normal distribution: characteristics
10 The parameter gives the center of the distribution and the parameter, the variability, verifying the following relations: 1. Normal distribution
11 -- -2 -3 22 33 99,7 % 95,5 % 68 % 1. Normal distribution
12 1. Normal distribution
It exists infinite normal distributions, each one with their means and standard deviations. Solution: to convert raw scores into standard scores. It implies to convert the normal distribution into a standardized normal distribution (with mean 0 and standard deviation 1). 2. Standard normal distribution 13
What standard distance does represent the 33.4% of data immediately over the mean? 2. Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 1 14
2. Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 1 Z=
In a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15, which proportion do the values between 70 and 130 have? 2. Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 2 16
2. Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 2 17
p=0.4772x2= Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 2
In a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15, what raw score does define the highest 10% of data? 2. Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 3 19
20 2. Standard normal distribution: use of table, example 3 10% 40% Z=1.28
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