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Chapter 7
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Characteristics of a Normal
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The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard
deviation of 1.
It is also called the z distribution.
A z-value is the signed distance between a selected value, designated X, and the population
mean , divided by the population standard deviation, .
The formula is:
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