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What two characteristics define ever normal distribution?
Characteristics of Normal Distribution Normal distributions are symmetric, unimodal, and asymptotic, and the mean, median, and mode are all equal. A normal distribution is perfectly symmetrical around its center. That is, the right side of the center is a mirror image of the left side.
What are the three characteristics of t distribution?
The T distribution, like the normal distribution, is bell-shaped and symmetric, but it has heavier tails, which means it tends to produce values that fall far from its mean. T-tests are used in statistics to estimate significance.
What are the characteristics of a normal distribution?
Now consider what the probability of BMI<30 would be in a slightly different population with the same mean (29), but less variability, with standard deviation=2. This distribution is narrower, so values less than 30 should represent a slightly greater proportion of the population. Using the same equation for Z:
How to calculate the SD of a normal distribution?
It is easy to determine how many SD units a value is from the mean of a normal distribution: In other words, we determine how far a given value is from the mean and then divide that by the standard deviation to determine the corresponding Z score. For example, BMI among 60 year old men is normally distributed with µ=29 and σ=6.
How is the probability of a distribution determined?
So, for any distribution that is more or less normally distributed, if we determine how many standard deviation units a given value is away from the mean (i.e., its corresponding Z score), then we can determine the probability of a value being less than or greater than that.
Where are the z scores on a normal distribution?
Note that the left page of the table has negative Z scores for values below the mean, and the page on the right has corresponding positive Z scores for values above the mean. In both cases the probability is the area to the left of the Z score.