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Part 3 - Week 07 The Normal
Part 3 - Week 07 The Normal
Part 3 - Week 07 The Normal
5/13/17
Continuing
Continuous
Distributions Part
3the Normal
Actually,a family of distributions,
each defined by a unique mean
and unique standard deviation.
Normals are
continuous distributions
f(x) is a really complicated formula
the curve is bell shaped and symmetric
about X =
the curve is defined from - to +
mean = median = mode =
The Normal
Distribution
Data that are influenced by many small
and unrelated random effects are
approximately normally distributed.
For example, a students SAT score is
the result of genetics, nutrition,
illness, last nights beer party, whether
it was hard to find a parking spot the
day the test was taken and cultural
factors.
When you include ALL the factors, you
get the Normal!
As n increases . . .
The normal American male will
spend 2,965 hours shaving during
his lifetime.
What does this mean?
What does it mean to be normal?
Describe in words what the shape of
the normal distribution is saying about
the observations that make it up.
Talk this over a little bit. . .
Normal notation
Alittle review of linear
transformations: If X is
continuous with a mean of x, and
a standard deviation of x,
how is distributed?
normal
All alcoholic beverages served at
all bars in the Bellagio Resort,
Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas are
dispensed electronically from the
"Pump Room" in the basement of
the complex. For mixed drinks, the
system is calibrated to dispense
1.5 ounces of distilled spirits per
drink on average, however, the
actual amount dispensed is a
normally distributed random
variable with a standard deviation
At the Bellagio
of 0.1 ounces.
. . .
Suppose the
Bellagio knows
that customers
will begin to
complain if the
amount of alcohol
in a mixed drink
falls below 1.35
ounces. What is
the probability
that customers
will begin to
complain on any
given day?
=NORM.DIST(1.35,1.5,0.1,1) = 0.0668
o A nice feature of
continuous
distributions is
that they can be
inverted, so not
only can we
calculate
probabilities, but
we can determine
the value of the
random variable
that corresponds
to a known area
or probability.
=NORM.INV(0.02,1.5,0.1)=1.2946
=NORM.DIST(x, ,
, 1)
What is the
probability that
a drink at the
Bellagio will
have no more
than 1.63 oz of
distilled spirits
in it?
=NORM.DIST(1.63, 1.5, 0.1,
1) = 0.9032
=NORM.INV(, ,
)
Thirty-five
percent of
drinks at the
Bellagio will
have no more
than how many
ounces of
distilled spirits
in them?