CK-12 Probability and Statistics - Advanced

5.3. Applications of the Normal Distribution http://www.ck12.org

References

• http://www.ic.nhs.uk/default.asp?sID=1198755531686


• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/us/04poll.html

Other sites of interest

• This one contains the formula for the normal probability density function: http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
  A25726.html


• This one contains some background of the normal distribution, including a picture of Carl Friedrich Gauss,
  a German mathematician who first used the function: http://www.willamette.edu/ mjaneba/help/normalcurve.
  html


• This one is highly mathematical: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution

Keywords

Normal Distribution

Density Curve

Standard Normal Curve

Empirical Rule

ZScores

Normal Probability Plot (or Normal Quantile Plot)

Cumulative Density Function

Probability Density Function

Inflection Points