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c Del Siegle This tutorial is intended to assist students in understanding the normal curve. Adapted from work created by Del Siegle University of Connecticut 2131 Hillside Road Unit 3007 Storrs, CT

c Del Siegle Length of Right Foot Number of People with that Shoe Size Suppose we measured the right foot length of 30 teachers and graphed the results. Assume the first person had a 10 inch foot. We could create a bar graph and plot that person on the graph. If our second subject had a 9 inch foot, we would add her to the graph. As we continued to plot foot lengths, a pattern would begin to emerge.

c Del Siegle Length of Right Foot If we were to connect the top of each bar, we would create a frequency polygon. Notice how there are more people (n=6) with a 10 inch right foot than any other length. Notice also how as the length becomes larger or smaller, there are fewer and fewer people with that measurement. This is a characteristics of many variables that we measure. There is a tendency to have most measurements in the middle, and fewer as we approach the high and low extremes. Number of People with that Shoe Size

c Del Siegle Length of Right Foot Number of People with that Shoe Size You will notice that if we smooth the lines, our data almost creates a bell shaped curve.

c Del Siegle Length of Right Foot Number of People with that Shoe Size You will notice that if we smooth the lines, our data almost creates a bell shaped curve. This bell shaped curve is known as the “Bell Curve” or the “Normal Curve.”

c Del Siegle Whenever you see a normal curve, you should imagine the bar graph within it Points on a Quiz Number of Students

c Del Siegle The mean,mode,and median Points on a Quiz Number of Students = / 51 = , 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 21, 21, 22 will all fall on the same value in a normal distribution. Now lets look at quiz scores for 51 students.

c Del Siegle Normal distributions (bell shaped) are a family of distributions that have the same general shape. They are symmetric (the left side is an exact mirror of the right side) with scores more concentrated in the middle than in the tails. Examples of normal distributions are shown to the right. Notice that they differ in how spread out they are. The area under each curve is the same.

c Del Siegle Mathematical Formula for Height of a Normal Curve The height (ordinate) of a normal curve is defined as: where  is the mean and  is the standard deviation,  is the constant , and e is the base of natural logarithms and is equal to x can take on any value from -infinity to +infinity. f(x) is very close to 0 if x is more than three standard deviations from the mean (less than -3 or greater than +3). This information is provided for your information only. You will not need to use calculations involving the height of the normal distribution curve.

c Del Siegle If your data fits a normal distribution, approximately 68% of your subjects will fall within one standard deviation of the mean. Approximately 95% of your subjects will fall within two standard deviations of the mean. Over 99% of your subjects will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.

c Del Siegle The mean and standard deviation are useful ways to describe a set of scores. If the scores are grouped closely together, they will have a smaller standard deviation than if they are spread farther apart. Small Standard Deviation Large Standard Deviation Click the mouse to view a variety of pairs of normal distributions below. Different Means Different Standard Deviations Different Means Same Standard Deviations Same Means Different Standard Deviations

c Del Siegle When you have a subject’s raw score, you can use the mean and standard deviation to calculate his or her standardized score if the distribution of scores is normal. Standardized scores are useful when comparing a student’s performance across different tests, or when comparing students with each other. Your assignment for this unit involves calculating and using standardized scores. z-score T-score IQ-score SAT-score

c Del Siegle The number of points that one standard deviations equals varies from distribution to distribution. On one math test, a standard deviation may be 7 points. If the mean were 45, then we would know that 68% of the students scored from 38 to Points on Math Test Points on a Different Test On another test, a standard deviation may equal 5 points. If the mean were 45, then 68% of the students would score from 40 to 50 points.

c Del Siegle Length of Right Foot Data do not always form a normal distribution. When most of the scores are high, the distributions is not normal, but negatively (left) skewed. Number of People with that Shoe Size Skew refers to the tail of the distribution. Because the tail is on the negative (left) side of the graph, the distribution has a negative (left) skew.

c Del Siegle Length of Right Foot Number of People with that Shoe Size When most of the scores are low, the distributions is not normal, but positively (right) skewed. Because the tail is on the positive (right) side of the graph, the distribution has a positive (right) skew.

c Del Siegle When data are skewed, they do not possess the characteristics of the normal curve (distribution). For example, 68% of the subjects do not fall within one standard deviation above or below the mean. The mean, mode, and median do not fall on the same score. The mode will still be represented by the highest point of the distribution, but the mean will be toward the side with the tail and the median will fall between the mode and mean. meanmedianmode Negative or Left Skew Distribution meanmedianmode Positive or Right Skew Distribution

c Del Siegle Assuming that we have a normal distribution, it is easy to calculate what percentage of students have z-scores between 1.5 and 2.5. To do this, use the Area Under the Normal Curve Calculator at Enter 2.5 in the top box and click on Compute Area. The system displays the area below a z-score of 2.5 in the lower box (in this case.9938) Next, enter 1.5 in the top box and click on Compute Area. The system displays the area below a z-score of 1.5 in the lower box (in this case.9332) If.9938 is below z = 2.5 and.9332 is below z = 1.5, then the area between 1.5 and 2.5 must be , which is.0606 or 6.06%. Therefore, 6% of our subjects would have z-scores between 1.5 and 2.5.