The Normal Distribution and Z score正态分布和Z评分.pptVIP

Exam Performance Grade Distribution Homework and Exam Performance Exam Rules Review today in class Return at the end of class You may come see them in my office at your leisure Our Friend, the Normal Distribution Frequency Distributions How do we find the number of students who score between 4 and 6, inclusive? Add! Score 4 = 5 Students Score 5 = 3 Students Score 6 = 2 Students = 10 Students What do we do with Continuous Scores? Frequencies get messy Distribution is not clear We need something Else… Probability Distributions How do we find the probability of a student scoring between 4 and 6, inclusive? Add! P(4) = .2 P(5) = .1 P(6) = .05 = .35 Students Continuous Probability Distributions What is the probability of scoring 3.141592654? Virtually zero! When it is continuous, we need to find the probability of scoring in a range. How do we do it? We have our 68-95-99.7 Rule We just have to know how many standard deviations a certain number is away from the mean Example SAT scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a std. dev. of 100. What percentage of students score between 400 and 600? Practice SAT scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a std. dev. of 100. What percentage of students score between 400 and 500? Practice SAT scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a std. dev. of 100. What percentage of students score less than 300? It works with different and σ IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a std. dev. of 15. What percentage of people have an IQ between 85 and 115? Practice IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a std. dev. of 15. What percentage of people have an IQ between 85 and 100? Practice IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a std. dev. of 15. What percentage of people have an IQ less than 70? Problem: By manipulating probabilities, we can only handle situations where we are 1, 2, or 3 Std. Devs. Away from