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EXERCISE SECTION 1:
1. FIND THE AREA UNDER THE STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
CURVE.
QUESTION

ANSWER

a. Between z=0 and z=1.66

0.451542774

b. Between z=-0.96 and z=-0.36

0.190895959

c. Between z=0.79 and z=1.28

0.114491316

d. To the right of z=1.10

0.135666061

e. To the right of =-0.15

0.559617692

f. To the left z=-0.48

0.315613697

g. To the left of z=2.11

0.982570822

h. To the right of z=1.92 and to the left of z=-0.44

0.357397503

i. To the left of z=-2.15 and to the right of z=1.62

0.068393746

2. FIND THE PROBABILITIES FOR EACH, USING THE STANDAR NORMAL

DISTRIBUTION.
QUESTION

ANSWER

a. P(0< Z <1.69)

0.454486023

b. P(0< Z <0.67)

0.248571105

c. P(-1.23<Z<0)

0.390651448

d. P(-0.05 < Z< 1.10)

0.384272745

e. P(1.12 < Z < 1.43)

0.053553041

f. P(Z>1.16)

0.123024403

g. P(Z<-1.77)

0.03836357

h. P (Z>-1.39)

0.917735561

i. P(Z < 1.42)

0.922196159

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3. Each month, an American household generates an average of 28 pounds of

newspaper for garbage or recycling. Assume the standard deviation is 2 pounds. If
a household is selected at random, find the probability of its generating
(Assume the variable is approximately normally distributed)
a.

Between 27 and 31 pounds per month.

Answer

The probability of generating is 0.62465526

Or 62%

b.

More than 30.2 pounds per month.

Answer

The probability of generating is 0.135666061

Or 14%

4. The Malaysian Automobile Association reports that the average time it takes to
respond to an emergency call is 25 minutes. Assume the variable is approximately
normally distributed and the standard deviation is 4.5 minutes. If 80 calls are
randomly selected, approximately how many will be responded to in less than 15
minutes?

Answer

Approximately 1 call will be responded to in

under 15 minutes

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EXERCISE SECTION 2:
1. The data shown represent the cigarette tax (in cents) for randomly selected states.
Check for normality.
3
36
7

58
100
12

5
111
20

65
34
24

17
41
66

48
23
28

52
44
28

75
33
31

21
50

76
13

58
18

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Question: Are the Graph Normality ?

Answer:
Yes, The graph is normality

Data Section 2.1

Cigarette Tax (in cents)

Normal Distribution

-2.12805

-1.64485

-1.38299

12

-1.19182

13

-1.03643

17

-0.90273

18

-0.7835

20

-0.67449

21

-0.57297

23

-0.47704

24

-0.38532

28

-0.29674

28

-0.21043

31

-0.12566

33

-0.04179

34

0.041789

36

0.125661

41

0.210428

44

0.296738

48

0.38532

50

0.47704

52

0.572968

58

0.67449

58

0.7835

65

0.902735

66

1.036433

75

1.191816

76

1.382994

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100

1.644854

111

2.128045

The data shown represent the number of runs made each year during Bill
Mazeroskis career. Check for normality.
30
56

59
62

69
36

50
13

58
29

71
17

55
3

43

66

52

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Question: Are the Graph Normality?

Answer:
NO, The graph is non-normality

Data Exercise Section 2.2:

Number of Runs

Expected Z

-1.88950996

13

-1.35170224

17

-1.049131398

29

-0.820792088

30

-0.628904218

36

-0.457851931

43

-0.29930691

50

-0.14798711

52

-1.39214E-16

55

0.14798711

56

0.29930691

58

0.457851931

59

0.628904218

62

0.820792088

66

1.049131398

69

1.35170224

71

1.88950996

Data
Excel

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SMS1054
Statistical Packages for
Analysis
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CONTINUOUS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

NAME

NUR ZAHIDAH BINTI RAMAN

NO. MATRIC

E20121004219

GROUP

LECTURER

DR. NOORAZRIN ABDUL RAZAK

DATE OF SUBMISSION

17TH JULY 2014