UNDERSTANDING

NORMAL
DISTRIBUTION

Ms. Aiza San Andres

Mathematics Teacher
Andres Bonifacio Senior
High School
OBJECTIVES:
illustrates a normal random
variable and its characteristics.

identifies regions under the

normal curve corresponding to
different standard normal values.
What is a normal
distribution?
• A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION or simply as
NORMAL CURVE is a bell-shaped distribution
of continuous random variable.
• It provides a graphical representation of
statistical values that are needed in describing
the characteristics of population as well as in
making decisions.
 A random variable X whose distribution

has the shape of a normal curve called a

normal random variable. This random
variable X is said to be normally
distributed with mean μ and standard
deviation σ.
PROPERTIES OF NORMAL PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTION

a) The distribution curve is bell-shaped.

b) The curve is symmetrical about its center.
c) The mean, median and mode coincide at the center.
d) The width of the curve is determined by the standard
deviation of the distribution.
e) The tails of the curve flatten out indefinitely along the
horizontal axis, always approaching the axis but never
touching it. That is, the curve is asymptotic to the base
line.
f) The total area under the normal curve is equal to 1 or
100%.
 TWO FACTORS THAT A GRAPH OF NORMAL
DISTRIBUTION MAY DEPEND ON:

1. MEAN determines the location of the center of the bell

shaped curve.

2. STANDARD DEVIATION determines the shape of the

graph (particularly the height and width of the curve).
STANDARD NORMAL CURVE
It is a normal probability distribution that has
a mean μ=0 and a standard deviation σ=1 unit.
 Every normal curve conforms “Empirical Rule” also
called as 68 –95 – 99.7 Rule:

a) about 68.26% or 0.6826 of the area under the

curve falls within 1 standard deviation from the mean.
b) about 95.44% or 0.9544of the area under the curve
falls within 2 standard deviations from the mean.
c) about 99.74% or 0.9974 of the area under the curve
falls within 3 standard deviations from the mean.
 AREAS OF REGIONS UNDER THE NORMAL
CURVE
To find the areas of the regions under the
normal curve that correspond the z value, using
the z-value of the z- Table also known as Table
of Areas under the Normal Curve
STEPS IN FINDING THE AREA OF REGIONS
UNDER NORMAL CURVE

STEP 1: Express the given z- value into 3-

digit form
STEP 2: using the z- Table , find the first two
digits on the left column
STEP 3: Match the third digit with the
appropriate column on the right
STEP 4: Read the area (or probability) at the
intersection of the row and column
Example #1
b) z = -1.47
Find the area that
Thus, the area
corresponds to each of the
corresponds to z =-1.47 is
following z-score values:
0.4292

a) z = 0.6
c) z = 2.13
z = 0.60
Thus, the area
Thus, the area corresponds to
corresponds to z = 2.13 is
z = 0.60 is 0.2257
0.4834
EXAMPLE #2
Sketch and find the area of the following:

a) below the mean

50%
or
0.5

b) above the mean

50%
or
0.5
Example #3
Sketch and identify the area under the standard
normal curve for the following:

a) Between z = -1 and z = 0
z = -1.00 = 0.3413
z = 0.00 = 0.0000
b) Between z = 1 and z = c) Between z = -3 and z
2 = -1
z = 1.00 = 0.3413 z = -3.00 = 0.4987
z = 2.00 = 0.4772 z = -1.00 = 0.3413

0.4772 – 0.3413 = 0.1359 0.4987–0.3413= 0.1574

d) Between z = 2 and z = 3

Z = 2.00 = 0.4772
Z = 3.00 = 0.4987

0.4987 – 0.4772 = 0.0215

 ACTIVITY #5
Direction: Identify the areas of the regions
under the normal curve corresponding to
the following standard normal values or z –
values then sketch the curve.
1. z = 1
2. z = 2.86
3. z = -0.91
4. z = -1.6
5. between z = -1 and z = 2.
6. between z = -3 and z = -2