Chapter 6: Q. 31 (page 386)
About what percent of x values from a normal distribution lie within one standard deviation (left and right) of the mean of that distribution?
Short Answer
Approximatelyofvalues lies within one standard deviation.
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Chapter 6: Q. 31 (page 386)
About what percent of x values from a normal distribution lie within one standard deviation (left and right) of the mean of that distribution?
Approximatelyofvalues lies within one standard deviation.
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Find the 80th percentile.
Using the information from Example 6.12, answer the following:
In a normal distribution, x = –2 and z = 6. This tells you that x = –2 is ____ standard deviations to the ____ (right or left) of the mean.
The patient recovery time from a particular surgical procedure is normally distributed with a mean of 5.3 days and a standard deviation of 2.1 days.
What is the z-score for a patient who takes ten days to recover?
a. 1.5
b. 0.2
c. 2.2
d. 7.3
What does standardizing a normal distribution do to the mean?
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