1. Warm Up
If there are 2000 students total in the school, what percentage of the students are in each region? 50
270
680
680
270 50

2. Natural Distribution

3. Distribution Shapes

4. Normal Distribution Most common distribution in statistics
Many real-life data sets follow this pattern
Examples: SAT scores, heights of people, IQ tests
Also known as a bell curve

5. Normal Distribution: COPY THIS!
2.5%
13.5%
34%
34%
13.5%
2.5%

6. Example 1
Suppose that the average blood pressures of patients in a hospital follow a normal distribution with a mean of 108 and a standard deviation of 14. Set up a normal distribution curve.

7. Example 1
What percentage of patients have a blood pressure of 94 or higher?
What percentage of patients have a blood pressure between 80 and 122?
What percentage of patients have a blood pressure of less that 80?

8. Example 2
The duration of routine operations in a certain hospital has approximately a normal distribution with an average of 125 minutes and a standard deviation of 18 minutes. Set up a normal distribution curve.

9. Example 2
a) What percentage of operations last at least 125 minutes? b) What percentage of operations lasted between 107 and 143 minutes? c) What percentage of operations lasted between 89 and 125 minutes?

10. Example 3
The mean weight of 850 college students is 70 kg and the standard deviation of 3 kg. Set up a normal distribution curve.

11. Example 3 Determine how many students weigh: Between 64 kg and 73 kg.
More than 76 kg.
Less than 67 kg.
Between 70 kg and 76 kg.