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Inferential Statistics
Normal Distribution
o The most important continuous probability distribution in the
entire field of statistics.
o It is a bell-shaped curved.
o Exactly half of the values are to the left of center and exactly half
the values are to the right.
x
z
The standard normal curve
The standard normal curve
Example 1:
Z = 0.404255
Looking up the z-score in the z-table, 0.6700.
P( Z 1.4) 0.0808
8.08%
Application of
Normal Distribution
x
z
Application of
Normal Distribution
Application of
Normal Distribution
6.68%
Application of
Normal Distribution
(b)
x 43.5 40
z z 1.75
2
S
SE ( x ) =
n
Standard Error
Example:
S
SE ( x ) =
n
Standard Error
Example :
N
n=
1 + Ne²
• n = N / (1 + Ne^2)