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Applied Math 40S March 24, 2008
1. Working with z-scores and the Normal Curve ...
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2. The Standard Normal Distribution
The normal distributions used up to this point have all been non-
standard normal distributions. This means that the mean and standard
deviation of the distribution are the mean and standard deviation of the
data being studied.
In a standard normal distribution, the scale on the x-axis is the z-score
(a standard score) where 'z = 0' is the mean, and the standard deviation
is '1'. The distribution is a probability distribution where the area under
the curve = 1. This means there is a 100 percent chance of every score
being included in this distribution. Other probabilities are illustrated
below.