A Brief Introduction to Biostatistics

(C. Jardin) #1

Properties of normal distribution



  • Unimodal and


symmetrical



  • Probability


distribution



  • Area under normal
    curve is 1


• For a normal


distribution w/ mean


 and standard


deviation 



  •  1  is ~68% of area
    under the normal curve

  • 1.96 is ~95% of
    area under the normal
    curve

  • 2.58 is ~99% of
    area under the normal
    curve


0.34 0.34


  •   

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