MATH099B: Chapter 5 Normal Curve on StatKey
Notation
1. Explain why the Standard
Normal Curve is denoted as N ( 0 ,
1 ).
The mean is O and SD is 1
2. How would you write the
notation for a normal curve with a
mean of 15 and a standard deviation
of 3?
N (15, 3)
3. How would you write the notation for the approximate normal curve shown to the right?
N (16, 2)
Using the Normal Curve in StatKey
4. For a N ( 0 , 1 ) density curve, find:
a. The area to the right of z = 1.5 .067
b. The area to the left of z = -2.1 .018
c. The area between z = -1.9 and z = 0.8 .759
d. The area between z = + 2.3 .979
5. For a N ( 75 , 8 ) density curve, find:
a. The area to the right of 90 .030
b. The area to the left of 70 .266
c. The area between 72 and 82 .455
6. For a N ( 0, 1 ) density curve, find:
a. The endpoint that gives a right tail of 0.037 1.787
b. The endpoint that gives a left tail of 0.17 -.954
c. The endpoints that give a symmetric area of 0.88 in the middle of the curve. -1.555, 1.555
7. Adult IQ is distributed according to N ( 100 , 15 ).
a. What proportion of people have an IQ above 120? .091
b. What is the probability that someone’s IQ is below 90? .252
c. The middle 80% of the population has IQ’s between what 2 numbers? 80.777, 119.223
d. What must your IQ to be to be in the top 10% of the population? 119.223
e. If your IQ is 107, in what percentile are you? 68%
f. The bottom 20% of the population has IQ’s less than what number? 87.376
g. What is the IQR for Adult IQ’s? 20.234
h. The symmetric middle 95% of adults have IQ’s between what 2 numbers? 70.6, 129.4