CS 3341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Normal Distribution, Standard Deviation

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16 May 2018

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Section 4.2 (b) The Normal Distribution

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Normal distribution (a.k.a., Gaussian distribution)

The distribution whose probability density function is the bell curve

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The function    gives the desired bell shape. It is then scaled and shifted to fit the

situations it models.

Normal parameters:

Example: Adjusting 

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Section 4.2 (b) The Normal Distribution

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Standardizing and computing probabilities

By the symmetry of the Normal distribution,

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     

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