Exam 5: Normal Distributions
Exam 1: Introduction to Statistics125 Questions
Exam 2: Examining Data: Tables and Figures125 Questions
Exam 3: Measures of Central Tendency119 Questions
Exam 4: Measures of Variability117 Questions
Exam 5: Normal Distributions127 Questions
Exam 6: Probability and Hypothesis Testing116 Questions
Exam 7: Testing One Sample Mean134 Questions
Exam 8: Estimating the Mean of a Population125 Questions
Exam 9: Testing the Difference Between Two Means132 Questions
Exam 10: Errors in Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Power, and Effect Size100 Questions
Exam 11: One-Way Analysis of Variance Anova117 Questions
Exam 12: Two-Way Analysis of Variance Anova131 Questions
Exam 13: Correlation120 Questions
Exam 14: Linear Regression and Multiple Correlation99 Questions
Exam 15: Chi-Square135 Questions
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A variable is normally distributed with a hypothesized population mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 4. What percentage of scores are greater than 37?
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Scores for the standard normal distribution are known as z scores.
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One difference between frequency distributions and normal distributions is that ______.
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Moving from learning about frequency distributions to learning about normal distributions coincides with moving from learning about ______ to learning about ______.
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What percentage of z-scores in the standard normal distribution are less than z = -.25?
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"The records of the National Weather Service indicate that, on the average, the city of San Jose receives 14.03 inches of rain each year, with a standard deviation of 5.19 inches." How many inches of rain must fall for a year to be in the top 10%?
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Moving from learning about frequency distributions to learning about normal distributions coincides with moving from learning about ______ to learning about ______.
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For a sample of raw scores, you calculate a mean of 15.25 and a standard deviation of 3.19. What is the z-score for a raw score of 11?
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The shaded area in the distribution most closely represents ______. 

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"Imagine you are president of a toy company that builds video games. You have determined that the time needed to build these games is normally distributed with a mean of 20 minutes and a standard deviation of 5 minutes." What percentage of video games are built in LESS than 15 minutes?
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The ______ of a normal distribution is represented by ______.
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You can apply the normal curve table to a standardized distribution ______.
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About ______ of z-scores in the standard normal distribution are within ______ standard deviations of the mean.
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The standard normal distribution differs from other normal distributions in that only the standard normal distribution ______.
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Except for ______, the standard normal distribution is similar to other normal distributions.
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For a variable that is normally distributed with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 10, approximately ______ of the scores are between ______ and ______.
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"According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2005 the average birthweight of a newborn baby was approximately normally distributed with a mean of 119 ounces (7 lb, 7 oz) and a standard deviation of 19 ounces." What percentage of babies weigh between 112 and 144 ounces (7 and 9 lb) at birth?
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