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The Normal Probability
DistributionChapter
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TO LIST THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THENORMAL DISTRIBUTION.
TO DEFINE AND CALCULATE ZVALUES.
TO DETERMINE PROBABILITIESASSOCIATED WITH THE STANDARD
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION.
TO USE THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION TO
APPROXIMATE THE BINOMIAL
DISTRIBUTION.
THIS CHAPTERS GOALS
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The normal curve is bell-shapedand has a singlepeak at the exact center of the distribution.
The arithmetic mean, median, and mode of the
distribution are equal and located at the peak.Half the area under the curve is above this
center point, and the other half is below it.
The normal probability distribution issymmetricalabout its mean.
It is asymptotic - the curve gets closer and closer
to the x-axis but never actually touches it.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A NORMAL
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
Theoretically, curve
extends to - infinity
Theoretically, curve
extends to + infinityMean, median, and
mode are equal
Tail Tail
Normal curve is symmetrical
- two halves identical -
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Normal Distributions with Equal Means
but Different Standard Deviations.
Q!
W!W!3.9W = 5.0
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Normal Probability Distributions with Different
Means and Standard Deviations.
Q= 5, W = 3Q = 9, W= 6Q = 14, W = 10
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A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and astandard deviation of 1 is called the standard
normal distribution.
zvalue: The distance between a selected value,designatedX, and the population mean Q,divided by the population standard deviation, W
The z-value is the number of standard deviations
Xis from the mean.
THE STANDARD NORMAL
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
Z
X! QW
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The monthly incomes of recent MBA graduatesin a large corporation are normally distributed
with a mean of $2,000 and a standard deviation
of $200. What is the zvalue for an incomeXof
$2,200? $1,700?
For X = $2,200 and since z= (X - QWthenz= (2,200 - 2,000)/200 = 1.
A zvalue of 1 indicates that the value of $2,200 is1 standard deviation above the mean of $2,000.
EXAMPLE
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For X = $1,700 and sincez
= (X - QWthenz= (1,700 - 2,000)/200 = -1.5.A zvalue of -1.5 indicates that the value of
$2,200 is 1.5 standard deviation below the mean
of $2,000.
How might a corporation use this type of
information?
EXAMPLE (continued)
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About
68percentof the area under the normalcurve is within plus one and minus one standard
deviation of the mean. This can be written as Q 1W.
About 95percentof the area under the normal
curve is within plus and minus two standard
deviations of the mean, written Q 2W.
Practically all (99.74 percent) of the area underthe normal curve is within three standard
deviations of the mean, written Q 3W.
AREAS UNDER THE NORMAL CURVE
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Q QW QW QWQWQWQW
Between:
1. 68.26%
2. 95.44%
3. 99.97%
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A typical need is to determine the probability of
a z-value being greater than or less than some
value.
Tabular Lookup (Appendix D, page 474)
EXCELFunction =NORMSDIST(z)
P(z)=?
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The daily water usage per person in Toledo,
Ohio is normally distributed with a mean of 20
gallons and a standard deviation of 5 gallons.
About 68% of the daily water usage per person
in Toledo lies between what two values?
EXAMPLE
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The daily water usage per person in Toledo (X),Ohio is normally distributed with a mean of 20
gallons and a standard deviation of 5 gallons.
What is the probability that a person selected at
random will use less than 20 gallons per day?
What is the probability that a person selected at
random will use more than 20 gallons per day?
EXAMPLE
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What percent uses between 20 and 24 gallons? The zvalue associated with X = 20 is z= 0 and
with X = 24, z= (24 - 20)/5 = 0.8 P(20
< X < 24) = P(0 < z< 0.8) = 0.2881=28.81%
What percent uses between 16 and 20 gallons?
EXAMPLE (continued)
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0.8
P(0 < z < 0.8)
= 0.2881
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What is the probability that a person selected atrandom uses more than 28 gallons?
EXAMPLE (continued)
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P(z > 1.6) =
0.5 - 0.4452 =
0.0048
Area =
z
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EXAMPLE (continued)
What percent uses between 18 and 26 gallons?
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Area =
0.1554 Area =
0.3849
Total area =
0.1554 + 0.3849 =
0.5403
z
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How many gallons or more do the top 10% ofthe population use?
LetXbe the least amount. Then we need to find
Ysuch that P(X u Y) = 0.1 To find the
corresponding zvalue look in the body of the
table for (0.5 - 0.1) = 0.4. The corresponding z
value is 1.28 Thus we have (Y- 20)/5 = 1.28,
from which Y= 26.4. That is, 10% of thepopulation will be using at least 26.4 gallons
daily.
EXAMPLE (continued)
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1.28
0.4
0.1
z
(Y- 20)/5 = 1.28
Y= 26.4
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A professor has determined that the final
averages in his statistics course is normally
distributed with a mean of 72 and a standard
deviation of 5. He decides to assign his grades
for his current course such that the top 15% ofthe students receive an A. What is the lowest
average a student must receive to earn an A?
EXAMPLE
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1.04
0.15
0.35
z
(Y- 72)/5 = 1.04
Y= 77.2
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The amount of tip the waiters in an exclusive
restaurant receive per shift is normally
distributed with a mean of $80 and a standard
deviation of $10. A waiter feels he has provided
poorservice if his total tip for the shift is lessthan $65. Based on his theory, what is the
probability that he has providedpoorservice?
EXAMPLE
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z- 1.5
Area =
Area =
0.5 - 0.4332 =0.0668
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Using the normal distribution (a continuousdistribution) as a substitute for a binomial
distribution (a discrete distribution) for large
values ofn
seems reasonable because asn
increases, a binomial distribution gets closer and
closer to a normal distribution.
When to use the normal approximation?
The normal probability distribution is generally
deemed a good approximation to the binomial
probability distribution when np and n(1 -p) are
both greater than 5.
THE NORMAL APPROXIMATION TO
THE BINOMIAL
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Binomial Distribution with n = 3 andp = 0.5.
0 1 2
0.3
0.4
0.5
P(r)
r0.25
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Binomial Distribution with n = 5 andp = 0.5.P(r)
r
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Binomial Distribution with n = 20 andp = 0.5.P(r)
r
Observe
the
Normal
shape.
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Recall for the binomial experiment: There are only two mutually exclusive outcomes
(success or failure) on each trial.
A binomial distribution results from countingthe number of successes.
Each trial is independent.
The probabilityp is fixed from trial to trial, andthe number of trials n is also fixed.
THE NORMAL APPROXIMATION
(continued)
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The value 0.5subtracted or added, depending onthe problem, to a selected value when a binomial
probability distribution, which is a discrete
probability distribution, is being approximatedby a continuous probability distribution--the
normal distribution.
The basic concept is that a slice of the normal
curve from x-0.5 to x+0.5 is approximately equal
to P(x).
CONTINUITY CORRECTION
FACTOR
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A recent study by a marketing research firm
showed that 15% of the homes had a video
recorder for recording TV programs. A sample
of 200 homes is obtained. (Let X be the number
of homes).
Of the 200 homes sampled how many would you
expect to have video recorders?
Q= np (0.15)(200) = 30 & n(1 - p) = 170What is the variance?
W2 = np(1 - p) = (30)(1- 0.15) = 25.5
EXAMPLE
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What is the standard deviation?
W = (25.5) = 5.0498.What is the probability that less than 40 homes
in the sample have video recorders?
We need P(X < 40) = P(X e39). So, using thenormal approximation, P(X e39.5)
} P[ze(39.5 - 30)/5.0498] = P(ze 1.8812)}P(ze 1.88) = 0.5 + 0.4699 = 0.9699Why did I use 39.5 ? ...
How would you calculate P(X=39) ?
EXAMPLE (continued)
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1.88
0.50.4699
P(z e 1.88) =
0.5 + 0.4699 =0.9699
z
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EXAMPLE (continued)What is the probability that more than 24 homes
in the sample have video recorders?
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-1.09
0.50.3621
P(z u -1.09) =
0.5 + 0.3621 =0.8621.
z
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EXAMPLE (continued)
What is the probability that exactly 40 homes inthe sample have video recorders?
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1.88
2.08
0.4699
0.4812
P(1.88 e z e2.08)= 0.4812 - 0.4699
= 0.0113
z