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Mr. Markwalter
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People who keep organized notebooks are doing the best People who copy down my examples are doing the best People who ask questions are doing the best ∴Take our a notebook. No more loose leaf I will start putting up models for note-taking
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We can make histograms of data. But sometimes we have a lot of data and: THE OVERALL PATTERN OF A LARGE NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS IS SO REGULAR WE CAN DESCRIBE IT BY A SMOOT CURVE!
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947 students tested Distribution of scores is below
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We can look at it in the raw numbers OR We can fit a curve (in red) that is a good model
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If we shade all the scores less than 6, what percentage of scores do you think we shaded?
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30.3% or 287 people out of 947 That means the total area of the bars would be 100% or a proportion of 1! 30.3%
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If we want to talk about the red curve, we make the total area below the curve 1. 30.3%
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The area below the curve less than 6 is 0.293. That is 29.3% of the area which is less than 6. 30.3%
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The curve is a pretty good model for the bars! 30.3%29.3%
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Is always on or above the horizontal axis Has an area of 1 underneath it A density curve describes the overall pattern of distribution. The area under the curve and above any interval is the proportion of observations that fall in that interval.
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Mean is the balancing point of the curve Median is the marker of equal areas; divides the area under the curve in half.
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If the area to the left line in the density curve shown below is 0.40, what is the area of the other part? 0.40
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What percentage of observations are to the left of the line in the curve below? 0.40
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There is one kind of curve that trumps them all. We see it more than anything else It is the basis of 95% of statistics.
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Describe Normal Distributions They are defined by two numbers Mean: μ Standard Deviation: σ (the average distance from the mean) Bell Shaped
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They are defined by two numbers Mean: μ Standard Deviation: σ Bell Shaped
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As usual, the area under the curve is 1 Let’s take a look. http://www- stat.stanford.edu/~naras/jsm/NormalDensity /NormalDensity.html http://www- stat.stanford.edu/~naras/jsm/NormalDensity /NormalDensity.html
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In the Normal distribution with mean μ and standard deviation σ: About 68% of observations fall within σ of μ. About 95% of observations fall within 2σ of μ. About 99.7% of observations fall within 3σ of μ.
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Usually we define a Normal curve like this N(μ, σ) N(6, 1) means we have a curve with mean 6 and standard deviation 1. Using our 68-95-99.7 Rule… 6-1=5 and 6+1=7 68% of the observations are between 5 and 7.
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I make candies. The mean mass of the candy is 100g and the standard deviation is 5. Draw a Normal curve for the situation. What percentage of candies is between 95g and 105g? What percentage of candies is less than 105g?
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I make throw frisbees. My mean throw is 75 yards with a standard deviation of 5 yards Draw a Normal curve for the situation. What percentage of throws is between 65 and 85 yards? What percentage of throws is less than above 70 yards?
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Spend 15 minutes doing this worksheet. You may work with those around you. If you do not finish it is homework.
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1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9 Find the standard deviation
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