Excursions in Mathematics, Loose-Leaf Edition Plus MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- 18 Week Access Card Package

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ISBN: 9780136208754

Author: Tannenbaum, Peter

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 17, Problem 20E

In a normal distribution with mean μ = 83.2 and standard deviation σ = 4.6 , find the data value corresponding to each of the following z values:

a. z = 0

b. z = 2

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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