{"id":447,"date":"2012-08-07T10:27:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2012-10-18T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:51:02","slug":"normal-distributions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/courses\/quantitative-reasoning\/normal-distributions\/","title":{"rendered":"Normal Distributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>\u00a0<strong>Description<\/strong>: \u00a0Much of our work so far has been to describe a single data set, but in general statistics is often done with multiple data sets and drawing useful comparisons across data sets and between distributions is an extremely important process. \u00a0In this lecture we consider measures of relative standing (z-scores, percentiles) and focus the bulk of our attention on defining the normal distribution and discussing its applications to data comparisons. \u00a0This is a calculator intensive topic.<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/files\/2012\/08\/Normal-Distributions-Handout.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1009\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/files\/2012\/08\/empiricalrulethumb-490x366.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/files\/2012\/08\/empiricalrulethumb-490x366.png 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/files\/2012\/08\/empiricalrulethumb-75x56.png 75w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/files\/2012\/08\/empiricalrulethumb-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jee99a\/files\/2012\/08\/empiricalrulethumb.png 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='tabs-left et_sliderfx_fade et_sliderauto_false et_sliderauto_speed_5000 et_slidertype_left_tabs clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='et_left_tabs_bg'><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class='et-tabs-control'>\n\t\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tReadings\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tHomework\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tQuizzes\n\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul> <!-- .et-tabs-control --> \n\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content'>\n\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content-main-wrap'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\tSection 15.4 \u00a0\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\tSection 15.4 #5, 9, 17, 27, 35, 57, 61, 63, 68, 71, 75, 87\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .tabs-left -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Video Tutorials<\/h3>\n<p><em>More videos coming soon. \u00a0Check back often!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Calculating the Normal CDF (MathStudio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-MiOy8bcYAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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