Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve

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What is the standard normal distribution?

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The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

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What percentage of data falls within one standard deviation of the mean in a normal distribution?

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Approximately 68% of the data falls within one standard deviation of the mean.

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What percentage of data falls within two standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution?

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Approximately 95% of the data falls within two standard deviations of the mean.

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What percentage of data falls within three standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution?

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Approximately 99.7% of the data falls within three standard deviations of the mean.

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What is the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = 0?

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The area is 0.5 or 50%.

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What does a z-score represent?

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A z-score represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean.

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How do you find the area under the normal curve between two z-scores?

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You can find the area by looking up the z-scores in the standard normal distribution table and subtracting the smaller area from the larger area.

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What is the area under the normal curve between z = -1.96 and z = 1.96?

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Approximately 0.95 or 95%.

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What is the significance of the area under the curve in a normal distribution?

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The area under the curve represents the probability of a random variable falling within a certain range.

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What is the area under the normal curve to the right of z = 1.28?

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Approximately 0.1003 or 10.03%.