Answer the following as directed. Show your complete solutions neatly and clearly.

1. The normal distribution is defined by two parameters. What are they? (5 points)
2. A long quiz is given. Scores are normally distributed with a mean of 90 and a standard
deviation of 5.
a. What is the percentile rank of a person who received a score of 80 on the test? (10 points)
b. What score on the exam would it have taken to be the 75 th percentile? (10 points)
3. A company that sells annuities must base the annual payout on the probability distribution
of the length of life of the participants in the plan. Suppose that this distribution may be
approximated by a normal curve with a mean of 68 years and a standard deviation of 3. 5
years. What proportion of the plan recipients would receive payments beyond age 75?  (10
points)
4. The height of adult males is normally distributed with a mean of 65 inches and a standard
deviation of 2.5 inches. Determine the probability a randomly selected male is between 62.5
and 70 inches. (10 points)
 
Essay:
5. Briefly discuss the importance and role of normal probability distribution in parametric
statistical inference. (10 points)