SESSION:6 The Normal Distribution
Chapter Review
Session:6 The Normal Distribution Chapter Review Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics 6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution A z-score is a standardized value. Its distribution is the standard normal, Z ~ N(0, 1). The mean of the z-scores is zero and […]
SESSION:6 The Normal Distribution
Key Terms
Session:6 The Normal Distribution Key Terms Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics Normal Distribution a continuous random variable (RV) with pdf f(x) = 1σ2π−−√ e–(x – μ)2σ22 1�2� e–(� – �)2�22 , where μ is the mean of the distribution and σ is the standard deviation; […]
SESSION:6 The Normal Distribution
6.3 Estimating the Binomial with the Normal Distribution
Session:6 The Normal Distribution 6.3 Estimating the Binomial with the Normal Distribution Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics We found earlier that various probability density functions are the limiting distributions of others; thus, we can […]
SESSION:6 The Normal Distribution
6.2 Using the Normal Distribution
Session:6 The Normal Distribution 6.2 Using the Normal Distribution Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics The shaded area in the following graph indicates the area to the right of x. This area is represented by the […]
SESSION:6 The Normal Distribution
6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution
Session:6 The Normal Distribution 6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution of standardized values called z-scores. A z-score is measured in units of the standard deviation. The mean for […]
SESSION:5 Continuous Random Variables
Solutions
Session:5 Continuous Random Variables Solutions Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics 1. Uniform Distribution 3. Normal Distribution 5. P(6 < x < 7) 7. one 9. zero 11. one 13. 0.625 15. The probability is equal to […]
SESSION:5 Continuous Random Variables
References
Session:5 Continuous Random Variables References Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics 5.2 The Uniform Distribution McDougall, John A. The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss. Plume, 1995. 5.3 The Exponential Distribution Data from the United States Census […]
SESSION:5 Continuous Random Variables
Homework
Session:5 Continuous Random Variables Homework Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics 5.1 Properties of Continuous Probability Density Functions For each probability and percentile problem, draw the picture. 70. Consider the following experiment. You are one of […]
SESSION:5 Continuous Random Variables
Practice
Session:5 Continuous Random Variables Practice Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics 5.1 Properties of Continuous Probability Density Functions 1. Which type of distribution does the graph illustrate? Figure 5.23 2. Which type of distribution does the graph […]
SESSION:5 Continuous Random Variables
Formula Review
Session:5 Continuous Random Variables Formula Review Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics 5.1 Properties of Continuous Probability Density Functions Probability density function (pdf) f(x): f(x) ≥ 0 The total area under the curve f(x) is one. Cumulative distribution […]