Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The Normal Distribution

In class students took Quiz #2 on Categorical and Quantitative Data.  Afterwards, students were introduced to their first model in the course - The Normal Model.  The Normal Model will be used to talk about populations that are "normally distributed," meaning the shape of the distribution is unimodal and roughly symmetric. 

Students learned about the 68-95-99.7 rule which states that for a normal population 68% of the data lies within one standard deviation(σ) of the mean (μ), 95% of the data lies within 2 standard deviations of the mean and 99.7% of the data lies within 3 standard deviations of the mean. 

*Anything beyond 3 standard deviations of the mean is unusual.

The notes are attached.  The only homework is to get the AP Statistics Contract signed which I have linked below.

Notes - The Normal Model

AP Statistics Contract

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