Section 14 - The normal distribution
The topic of the normal distribution has been broken down into the following sections:
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Success Criteria
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Topic Resources
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Assessment Tasks
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VCAA Questions
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Other Resources
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The normal distribution
- To be able to identify the shape of the normal distribution.
- To understand the effects of the mean, \(\mu\), and standard deviation, \(\sigma\), on the shape.
- To be able to standardise values.
- To understand the approximate distribution of data/probabilities for the normal distribution.
- To be able to calculate probabilities for questions involving the normal distribution.
- To be able to sketch the graph and shade associated regions when working with the normal distribution.
- To be able to determine the mean and standard deviation for a normal distribution.
- To be able to use the inverse normal command to find \(z\)-scores.
- To understand when it is appropriate to approximate the binomial distribution using the normal distribution.
- To be able to determine the relevant mean and standard deviation for the normal approximation.
- To be able to use the normal distribution to find probabilities for a binomial scenario.
The normal distribution - Worksheet A
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The normal distribution - Worksheet B
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The normal distribution - Worksheet C
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The normal distribution - Pretest A:
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