Standard Normal Distribution
The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with
µ = 0 and = 1. A random variable with a standard normal
distribution, denoted by the symbol z, is called a standard
normal random variable.
𝑧2
−
𝑒 2
𝑓 𝑧 =
𝜎 2𝜋
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If x is a normal random variable with mean μ and standard
deviation , then the random variable z, defined by the
formula
𝑿−𝝁
𝒛=
𝝈
has a standard normal distribution. The value z describes
the number of standard deviations between 𝑿 and µ.
Standardize the
Normal Distribution
xm
z
Normal
Distribution
Standardized Normal
Distribution
=1
m x m= 0 z
One table!
Given μ = 62 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎 = 8. Find the z-score value that
corresponds to each of the following scores up to two decimal
places:
1. 𝑋 = 70
2. 𝑋 = 78
3. 𝑋 = 82
4. 𝑋 = 50
5. 𝑋 = 42
Given μ = 62 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎 = 8. Find the z-score value that
corresponds to each of the following scores up to two decimal
places:
1. 𝑋 = 70 xm
z
70 − 62
𝑍=
8
8
𝑍= 𝑍=1
8
𝑿−𝝁
𝒛=
𝝈
𝑋 = 𝑧𝜎 + 𝜇
𝜇 = 𝑋 − 𝑧𝜎
𝑋−𝜇
𝜎=
𝑧
Activity 1: Answer the following problems. Show your solution
1. The heights of students in Antique National School are normally
distributed with a mean of 150 cm and standard deviation of 15
cm. The height of Juan has a z-score of 3.25. What is the actual
height of Juan?
2. The mean number of hours a Filipino worker spends on the
computer is 3.1 hours per workday. Assume the standard
deviation is 0.5 hour and is normally distributed, how long does a
worker spend on the computer if his z-score is 1.25?
Activity 1: Answer the following problems. Show your solution
4. Each month, a Filipino household generates an average of 28
pounds of newspaper for garbage or recycling. Assume the
standard deviation is 2 pounds. Determine the z-score of a
household that generates 22 pounds of newspaper.
5. The Antique Automobile Association reports that the average
time it takes to respond to an emergency call is 30 minutes.
Assume the variable is normally distributed and the standard
deviation is 4.5 minutes. How long will a call be responded if it
has a z-score of 0.75?
Activity 1: Answer the following problems. Show your solution
6. Suppose the average monthly salary for first-year employees is
₱21,945. If the distribution is approximately normal with a
standard deviation of ₱3,250. How much will an employee earn
in a month if his salary has a z-score of 1.15?
Activity 2: Complete the table.
𝒙 𝝁 𝝈 𝒛
90 82 6 𝟏.(1)
𝟑𝟑
(2)
𝟔𝟐 75 10 −1.3
78 84 (3)
𝟑 −2
(4)
𝟕𝟐 69 3 1
70 (5)
𝟏𝟎 12 5
Finding Areas Under the Normal Curve
Four-Step process in finding the areas under the normal curve
given a z-value:
[Link] a z-value into a three-digit form.
[Link] the z-table, find the first two digits on the left column .
[Link] the third digit with the appropriate column on the
right.
[Link] the area (or probability) at the intersection of the row
and the column. This is the required area.
Find the area that corresponds to 𝑍=0.96
Required Area/Probability is
.8315 or 83.15%
Find the area that corresponds to 𝑍=-1.89
Required Area/Probability
is .0294 or 2.94%
EXERCISES 1:
Find the area that corresponds to the given z-values:
.8315 .0294
.9591 .9971
.9854 .2090
.9964 .5398
.9987 .9943
EXERCISES 2:
[Link] whether the z-score locates the raw score X within a
sample or within a population.
1. 𝑋 = 50 , 𝑠 = 5 , 𝑋ത = 40
2. 𝑋 = 40 , 𝜎 = 8 , 𝜇 = 52
3. 𝑋 = 36 , 𝑠 = 6 , 𝑋ത = 28
4. 𝑋 = 74 , 𝑠 = 10 , 𝑋ത = 60
5. 𝑋 = 82 , 𝜎 = 15 , 𝜇 = 40
