Lesson 1 What Is Normal? Develop Understanding

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Jordan scores a on his math test. The class average is with a standard deviation of . How many standard deviations below the mean did Jordan score?

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In Jordan’s science class, he scored . The class average was with a standard deviation of . How many standard deviations below the mean did Jordan score? In comparison to his peers, which test did Jordan perform better on?

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Rank the data sets below in order of greatest standard deviation to smallest:

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Robin made it to the swimming finals for her state championship meet. The times in the finals were as follows:

If Robin’s time was a , what percent of her competitors did she beat?

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Remember that in statistics, is the symbol for mean and is the symbol for standard deviation. Using technology, identify the mean and standard deviation for the data set below:

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For the data in number 5, what time would fall one standard deviation above the mean? Three standard deviations below the mean?

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For each distribution, identify the properties that match with a normal distribution, and then decide if the normal curve could be used as a model for the distribution and explain why.

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a square is graphed on a coordinate plane with a point at (1,0)111000
  1. Normal Properties:

  2. Model with a normal curve? Yes or no?

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a vertical histogram where the bars are skewed up222444666
  1. Normal Properties:

  2. Model with a normal curve? Yes or no?

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a box plot where the distribution is normal
  1. Normal Properties:

  2. Model with a normal curve? Yes or no?

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a curve resembling a half of a oval is uniform on both sides of the peakMeanMedianMode
  1. Normal Properties:

  2. Model with a normal curve? Yes or no?

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a vertical histogram where the frequency is not uniform on both sides of the peak–0.6–0.6–0.6–0.4–0.4–0.4–0.2–0.2–0.20.20.20.20.40.40.40.60.60.6000
  1. Normal Properties:

  2. Model with a normal curve? Yes or no?

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a histogram where the x axis is labeled height and the y axis is labeled frequency in height. The distribution is mostly normal because the mean, median, and mode are at the peak.626262646464666666686868707070727272747474Frequency of Height000222444666888Height
  1. Normal Properties:

  2. Model with a normal curve? Yes or no?

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If two normal distributions have the same standard deviation of but different means of and , how will the two normal curves look in relation to each other?

b.

Draw a sketch of each normal curve.

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If two normal distributions have the same mean of but standard deviations of and , how will they look in relation to each other?

b.

Draw a sketch of each normal curve below.

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The normal curve given has been labeled out to three standard deviations. Estimate what one standard deviation is for this curve.

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Write the inverse of the function in the same format as it is given.

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Determine if the following functions are inverses by finding and .

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