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Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel® 7e Copyright ©2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 6-1
Sections 6.1-6.3, 7.1-7.2
Normal Distribution and
Parameter Estimation

Learning Objectives
In this chapter, you learn:
 How continuous distributions are different from discrete
distributions.
 How to compute probabilities from the normal
distribution
 How to use the normal distribution to solve business
problems

Continuous Probability Distributions
 A continuous random variable is a variable that
can assume any value on an interval
 thickness of an item, weight, length
 time required to complete a task
 temperature
 height, in inches
 miles per gallon

Probability Density
Chap 5-4
 A function f(x) ≥ 0 that shows the more likely
and less likely intervals of variable X.
 P(a ≤ X ≤ b) = area under f(x) from a to b
a b X
f(X) P a X b
( )
≤
≤
P a X b
( )
<
<
=
(Note that the
probability of any
individual value is zero)

Probability is the area under the
density curve
a b X
f(X) P a X b
( )
≤
≤
P a X b
( )
<
<
=
(Note that the
probability of any
individual value is zero)

The Normal Distribution
 ‘Bell Shaped’
 Symmetrical
 Mean, Median and Mode
are Equal
Location is determined by the
mean, μ
Spread is determined by the
standard deviation, σ
The random variable has an
infinite theoretical range:
+  to  
Mean
= Median
= Mode
X
f(X)
μ
σ

Density Function
2
μ)
(X
2
1
e
2π
1
f(X)





 

 

 The formula for the normal probability density function is
Where e = the mathematical constant approximated by 2.71828
π = the mathematical constant approximated by 3.14159
μ = the population mean
σ = the population standard deviation
X = any value of the continuous variable

By varying the parameters μ and σ, we obtain
different normal distributions
Many Normal Distributions

Shape
X
f(X)
μ
σ
Changing μ shifts the
distribution left or right.
Changing σ increases
or decreases the
spread.

The Standardized Normal
 Any normal distribution (with any mean μ and
standard deviation σ) can be transformed into
the standardized normal distribution (Z)
 The standardized normal distribution (Z) has a
mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1
σ
μ
X
Z



The Standardized
Normal Distribution
 Also known as the “Z” distribution
 Mean is 0
 Standard Deviation is 1
Z
f(Z)
0
1
Values above the mean have positive Z-values,
values below the mean have negative Z-values

f(X)
X
μ
Probability as
Area Under the Curve
0.5
0.5
The total area under the curve is 1.0, and the curve is
symmetric, so half is above the mean, half is below
1.0
)
X
P( 




0.5
)
X
P(μ 



0.5
μ)
X
P( 




The Standardized Normal Table
 The Cumulative Standardized Normal table
in the textbook (Appendix table E.2) gives the
probability less than a desired value of Z (i.e.,
from negative infinity to Z)
Z
0 2.00
0.9772
Example:
P(Z < 2.00) = 0.9772

The Standardized Normal Table
The value within the
table gives the
probability from Z =  
up to the desired Z
value
.9772
2.0
P(Z < 2.00) = 0.9772
The row shows
the value of Z
to the first
decimal point
The column gives the value of
Z to the second decimal point
2.0
.
.
.
(continued)
Z 0.00 0.01 0.02 …
0.0
0.1

General Procedure for
Finding Normal Probabilities
 Draw the normal curve for the problem in
terms of X
 Standardize X by computing Z
 Use the Standardized Normal Table for Z
To find P(a < X < b) when X is
distributed normally:

Example
 Let X represent the time it takes (in seconds)
to download an image file from the internet.
 Suppose X is normal with a mean of 18.0
seconds and a standard deviation of 5.0
seconds. Find P(X < 18.6)
18.6
X
18.0

 Let X represent the time it takes, in seconds to download an image file
from the internet.
 Suppose X is normal with a mean of 18.0 seconds and a standard
deviation of 5.0 seconds. Find P(X < 18.6)
Z
0.12
0
X
18.6
18
μ = 18
σ = 5
μ = 0
σ = 1
(continued)
Finding Normal Probabilities
0.12
5.0
8.0
1
18.6
σ
μ
X
Z 




P(X < 18.6) P(Z < 0.12)

Z
0.12
Z .00 .01
0.0 .5000 .5040 .5080
.5398 .5438
0.2 .5793 .5832 .5871
0.3 .6179 .6217 .6255
Solution: Finding P(Z < 0.12)
0.5478
.02
0.1 .5478
Standardized Normal Probability
Table (Portion)
0.00
= P(Z < 0.12)
P(X < 18.6)

Finding Normal
Upper Tail Probabilities
 Suppose X is normal with mean 18.0
and standard deviation 5.0.
 Now Find P(X > 18.6)
X
18.6
18.0

 Now Find P(X > 18.6) by the complement rule…
(continued)
Z
0.12
0
Z
0.12
0.5478
0
1.000 1.0 - 0.5478
= 0.4522
P(X > 18.6) = P(Z > 0.12) = 1.0 - P(Z ≤ 0.12)
= 1.0 - 0.5478 = 0.4522
Finding Normal
Upper Tail Probabilities

 Suppose X is normal with mean 18.0
and standard deviation 5.0.
 Find P(17.4 < X < 18)
X
17.4
18.0
Probabilities in the Lower Tail

Probabilities in the Lower Tail
Find P(17.4 < X < 18)…
X
17.4 18.0
P(17.4 < X < 18)
= P(-0.12 < Z < 0)
= P(Z < 0) – P(Z ≤ -0.12)
= 0.5000 - 0.4522 = 0.0478
(continued)
0.0478
0.4522
Z
-0.12 0
The Normal distribution is
symmetric, so this probability
is the same as P(0 < Z < 0.12)

“Empirical” Rules
μ ± 1σ encloses about
68.26% of X’s
f(X)
X
μ μ+1σ
μ-1σ
What can we say about the distribution of values
around the mean? For any normal distribution:
σ
σ
68.26%

The Empirical Rule
 μ ± 2σ covers about 95% of X’s
 μ ± 3σ covers about 99.7% of X’s
x
μ
2σ 2σ
x
μ
3σ 3σ
95.44% 99.73%
(continued)

Example
 Page 203, #6.7(a,b,c)
#6.7d… Inverse problem… We know the
probability, but we need the value of X

 Steps to find the X value for a known
probability:
1. Find the Z value for the known probability
2. Convert to X units using the formula:
Given a Normal Probability
Find the X Value
Zσ
μ
X 


Finding the X value for a
Known Probability
Example:
 Let X represent the time it takes (in seconds) to
download an image file from the internet.
 Suppose X is normal with mean 18.0 and standard
deviation 5.0
 Find X such that 20% of download times are less than
X.
X
? 18.0
0.2000
Z
? 0
(continued)

Find the Z value for
20% in the Lower Tail
 20% area in the lower
tail is consistent with a
Z value of -0.84
Z .03
-0.9 .1762 .1736
.2033
-0.7 .2327 .2296
.04
-0.8 .2005
Standardized Normal Probability
Table (Portion)
.05
.1711
.1977
.2266
…
…
…
…
X
? 18.0
0.2000
Z
-0.84 0
1. Find the Z value for the known probability

2. Convert to X units using the formula:
Finding the X value
8
.
13
0
.
5
)
84
.
0
(
0
.
18
Zσ
μ
X






So 20% of the values from a distribution
with mean 18.0 and standard deviation
5.0 are less than 13.80

Example
Now we can do #6.7d on p.203

Example
The average household income in some country
is 900 coins, and the standard deviation is 200
coins. Assuming the Normal distribution of
incomes,
(a) Compute the proportion of “the middle class,”
whose income is between 600 and 1200 coins.
(b) The government decides to issue food stamps
to the poorest 3% of households. Below what
income will families receive food stamps?

Excel commands
 Normal probability
=NORM.DIST(x,mean,standard_dev,cumulative)
 Normal inverse problem, value of X
=NORM.INV(probability,mean,standard_dev)
Cumulative=1 asks for a probability P(X ≤ x).
Cumulative=0 asks for a density f(x).

Chap 7-33
Parameter Estimation
and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 7 (7.1-7.2)

Chap 7-34
Learning Objectives
In this chapter, you learn:
 Estimation of means, variances, proportions
 The concept of a sampling distribution
 To compute probabilities about the sample
mean and the sample proportion
 How to use the Central Limit Theorem

Chap 7-35
Sampling Distributions
 A sampling distribution is a distribution of a
statistic computed from a sample of size n.
 A sample is random, collected from a
population. Hence, all statistics computed from
it are random variables.

Chap 7-36
Example
 Assume there is a population …
 Population size N=4
 Random variable, X,
is age of individuals
 Values of X: 18, 20,
22, 24 (years)
A B C D

Chap 7-37
.3
.2
.1
0
18 20 22 24
A B C D
P(x)
x
(continued)
Population parameters:
Example
21
4
24
22
20
18
N
X
μ i







2.236
N
μ)
(X
σ
2
i





Chap 7-38
16 possible samples
(sampling with
replacement)
Now consider all possible samples of size n=2
1st 2nd Observation
Obs 18 20 22 24
18 18 19 20 21
20 19 20 21 22
22 20 21 22 23
24 21 22 23 24
(continued)
Example
16 Sample
Means
1st
Obs
2nd Observation
18 20 22 24
18 18,18 18,20 18,22 18,24
20 20,18 20,20 20,22 20,24
22 22,18 22,20 22,22 22,24
24 24,18 24,20 24,22 24,24

Chap 7-39
1st 2nd Observation
Obs 18 20 22 24
18 18 19 20 21
20 19 20 21 22
22 20 21 22 23
24 21 22 23 24
Sampling Distribution of All Sample Means
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
0
.1
.2
.3
P(X)
X
Sample Means
Distribution
16 Sample Means
_
Example
(continued)
_

Chap 7-40
Sample mean has the following mean and standard deviation:
Sampling Distribution of the
Sample Mean
mean
population
μ
)
X
(
μX


 E
size
sample
deviation
standard
population
σX


n

Sample mean is unbiased because
Its standard deviation is also called the standard error
of the sample mean. It decreases as the sample size
increases.
μ
)
X
( 
E

Chap 7-41
Sample Mean for a Normal Population
 If a population is normal with mean μ and
standard deviation σ, the sampling distribution
of is also normal with
and
X
μ
μX

n
σ
σX


Chap 7-42
Normal Population
Distribution
Normal Sampling
Distribution
(has the same mean)
Sampling Distribution Properties

(i.e. is unbiased )
x
x
x
μ
μx 
μ
x
μ

Chap 7-43
Sampling Distribution Properties
As n increases,
decreases
Larger
sample size
Smaller
sample size
x
(continued)
x
σ
μ

Chap 7-44
Sample Mean
for non-Normal Populations
 Central Limit Theorem:
 Even if the population is not normal,
 …sample means are approximately normal
as long as the sample size is large enough.

Chap 7-45
n↑
Central Limit Theorem
As the
sample
size gets
large
enough…
the sampling
distribution of
the sample
mean becomes
almost normal
regardless of
shape of
population
x

Chap 7-46
Population Distribution
Sampling Distribution
(becomes normal as n increases)
Central Tendency
Variation
x
x
Larger
sample
size
Smaller
sample size
Sample Mean
if the Population is not Normal
(continued)
Sampling distribution
properties:
μ
μx 
n
σ
σx 
x
μ
μ

Chap 7-47
How Large is Large Enough?
 For most distributions, n > 30 will give a
sampling distribution that is nearly normal
 For fairly symmetric distributions, n > 15
 For normal population distributions, the
sampling distribution of the mean is always
normally distributed

Chap 7-48
Z-value for Sampling Distribution
of the Mean
 Z-value for the sampling distribution of :
where: = sample mean
= population mean
= population standard deviation
n = sample size
X
μ
σ
n
σ
μ)
X
(
σ
)
μ
X
(
Z
X
X 



X
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Chap 7-49
Example
 Suppose a population has mean μ = 8 and
standard deviation σ = 3. Suppose a random
sample of size n = 36 is selected.
 What is the probability that the sample mean is
between 7.8 and 8.2?

Chap 7-50
Example
Solution:
 Even if the population is not normally
distributed, the central limit theorem can be
used (n > 30)
 … so the sampling distribution of is
approximately normal
 … with mean = 8
 …and standard deviation
(continued)
x
x
μ
0.5
36
3
n
σ
σx 



Chap 7-51
Example
Solution (continued):
(continued)
0.3108
0.3446
-
0.6554
0.4)
Z
P(-0.4
36
3
8
-
8.2
n
σ
μ
-
X
36
3
8
-
7.8
P
8.2)
X
P(7.8




















Z
7.8 8.2 -0.4 0.4
Sampling
Distribution
Standard Normal
Distribution
Population
Distribution
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Sample Standardize
8
μ  8
μX
 0
μz 
x
X

Examples
 # 7.28, page 264
 # 7.26, page 264
Chap 7-52

Chap 7-53
Chapter Summary
In this chapter we discussed
 Continuous random variables
 Normal distribution
 Sampling distributions
 The sampling distribution of the mean
 For normal populations
 Using the Central Limit Theorem
 Calculating probabilities using sampling distributions

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