Question: For the standard normal distribution, Z , find the proportion (percentage) of observations that satisfies each of the following statements. In each case, use a

  1. For the standard normal distribution, Z, find the proportion (percentage) of observations that satisfies each of the following statements. In each case, use a graph of the Normal curve and shade the area under the curve that is the answer to the question.
  • Values of z larger than 2.33.
  • Between z = 1.50 and z = 1.18.
  • Values of z less than 1.19.

2. A set of final grades in an introductory statistics course was found to be normally distributed with a mean of 77 and a standard deviation of 8. For each of the following produce a normal distribution plot showing the appropriate shaded area.

  • What percentage of students scored lower than 70 on this exam?
  • What percentage of students scored between 81 and 89?
  • What percentage of students scored higher than 90 on this exam?
  • What is the 80th percentile of scores?
  • What is the 95th percentile of scores?

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