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Come see me if you don’t understand a concept. You should bring your worked homework problems so I can see what your mistake is. You have to attempt homework problems before I can help you. I don’t know how to help you unless I see some work from you.
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DG5 --- 20 minutes20 minutes
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Accel Math III Unit #1: Data Analysis Lesson #8: Normal Distribution EQ: What are the characteristics of a normal distribution and how is probability calculated using this type of distribution?
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Recall: Three Types of Distributions Binomial Normal Geometric Normal Distributions --- created from continuous random variables
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Characteristics of a Normal Distribution: 1.Symmetric, Bell-Shaped Curve and Uni-modal.
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2. Mean, Median, Mode are equal and located at the middle of the distribution. Symmetric about the mean. Not skew.
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3. The curve is continuous, no gaps or holes. The curve never touches or crosses the x-axis. 4.The total area under the curve equals 1. Recall: Empirical Rule
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Normal Distribution --- each has its own mean and standard deviation. What are µ and σ in this normal distribution ? 50 10
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Standard Normal Distribution --- mean is always 0 and standard deviation is always 1 STANDARDIZE
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z-score --- the number of standard deviations above or below the mean z = observed – mean or z = X - µ standard deviation σ Correlates to area under the curve.
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Ex. In a study of bone brittleness, the ages of people at the onset of osteoporosis followed a normal distribution with a mean age of 71 and a standard deviation of 2.8 years. What z-score would an age of 65 represent in this study? 62.6 65.4 68.2 71 73.8 76.6 79.4 | | | -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 | 65 | -2.14
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Using Table A to Finding the Area under A Standard Normal Curve
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Ex. Find the area under the curve to the left of z = -2.18. | -2.18
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Ex. Find the area under the curve to the left of z = 1.35. | 1.35
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Ex. Find the area under the curve to the right of z = 0.75. |.75 WHY??
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Ex Find the area under the curve between z = -1.36 and z = 0.42.
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Ex. Find the area under the curve between z = 1.60 and z = 3.3.
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In Class Practice Worksheet: Area Under the Standard Normal Curve #1 - 11
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What about finding a z-score when given area under the curve? Ex. Determine the z-score that would give this area under the curve.
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In Class Practice Worksheet: Area Under the Standard Normal Curve #12 Practice Worksheet Calculating Area Using z-scores
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Quiz 2 --- 30 minutes
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Using the Graphing Calculator with Normal Distributions Command and Arguments: I.When given a z-score, you are looking for area under the curve. normalcdf(low bound, high bound)
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Ex. Find the area under the curve to the left of z = 1.35.
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Ex Find the area under the curve between z = -1.36 and z = 0.42.
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Assignment: Example Handout: Area Under the Standard Normal Curve #1 – 11 Go back and rework these using the calculator function.
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II.When given area, you’re looking for a z-score. Use invnorm function under distributions. invnorm(% to the left)
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***Remember invnorm and normcdf are calculator jargon Do not write these functions on assessments as “work”. Assignment: Redo WS Calculating Area Using z-scores
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