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(3). The scores of 50 students out of 100 in Mathematics for Class XI in aHSSis given below 67 84 80 77 97 59 62 37 33 42 36 54 18 12 19 33 49 24 25 22 2429 9 2 21 24 31 17 «1S 21 13°19 «19 22 22 30 41 22 18 20 26 33 14 14 «16 22 26 10 16 a Construct a frequency distribution for the data. b. Construct a histogram for the data ©. Describe the shape of the histogram. 4 Do you feel that the distribution is approximately normal? CEE rare ELIS eens? A continuous random variable Xis said to follow Normal distribution ifit has the probability density function cer Tiles where 20 Sx <0,-0 0 2) = Se ‘and g? areknownas the parameters ofthe distribution (where e=2.718, 7=3.14) ‘A continuous random variable follows normal distribution with parameters 4 and can be denoted as ~ N(y.0°) A continuous random variable that has a normal distribution is called normal random variable. Tero mcuee) IfX ~ Nw, g?)then Mean = E(X)= 4 Variance = V(X)= 9? Standard deviation = 7X) = ¢ oe Curve We can draw the frequency curve for the normal distribution function by giving suitable values for {and or. For each different set of values of 1 and we get different normal distributions. The value of #1 determines the centre of normal distribution curve on the horizontal axis, and the value of gives the spread of normal distribution curve. Following figures will explain this point in detail e zi (1 islocation parameter, cris also known as shape parameter). 1. Normal curve is bell shaped and symmetric fora normal distribution can about X= be traced to three 2. Mean, Median and Mode coincide. ie, Mean ™athematicians. In 1733, the = Median = Mode, French mathematician 3. Thehight ofrormalcurveismaximumat mean. Pham De Moire dered positionie, at X= 4. SO)=—, Peer ree ‘ Bi distribution based on the 4. Quartiles are equidistant from median, kandom yatlation: of the 5. Normal curveis unimodal Rene ceterreras 6. Coefficient ofskewnessiszeroie., & whena large number of coins 7. Normal curve is mesokurtic ie, merewoesed Not reiising any 8. Normal curve is asymptotic to the x axis, ie, ConmecHon with U cme on both ends away from the middle point, Reenter mn ey ea normal curve continaesto decreas in eight, “nowed ths fort but never touches the X axis i later, two mathematicians, 9, Totalareaunder normal curveis | squareunit. Pierre Laplace in Feance 10. Foranormal distribution, Quartile deviation= Carl Gauss in Germany, derived the equation of the 11. The normal probability curve between the normal curve independently ordinates w+ and 1—o covers andwithoutanyknowledge of approximately 68% ofthe total observations, _De-Moivre’s work. In 1924, Between the ordinates 1+20 and 4-20 ‘Katl Pearson found that De covers approximately 95% of the total Moivre had discovered the observations and between v+3o and formula before Laplace or H-3ar covers 99% (almost all observations), Gauss. w3e dele atle wee pedo 6.3 Standard Normal distribution A normal variable with mean 0 and standard deviation 1 is called Standard normal variable and its distribution is called Standard normal distribution, Usually Standard normal variable is denoted by the letter Z. The density function of Standard normal distributionis fa=ppe* where -w2) = (g)P(Z<-2) = (Refer block No.1 in procedure table) P(O2) cammeny) POO-152) = PCIS2

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