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2.7.1.Properties of normal curve
Unit 2 - Probability distributions
2.7.1.Properties of normal curve- It is continuous, symmetrical and bell-shaped curve.
- It is asymptotic. Both the tails extend to infinity, (-∞ to ∞) i.e., the tail approaches the base but never touches it.
- The arithmetic mean, median and mode coincide.
- The central position of the curve will be described by the mean and the spread of the curve by the standard deviation.
- The coefficient of skewness is zero and the coefficient of kurtosis is 3
- Mean plus or minus one standard deviation (m±) includes 68.00 percent (68.27% to be more precise) of the total frequency or total area of the curve.
- The area under Normal curve is always are,
Fig. a: Area between m ±1
(ii) Mean plus or minus 1.96 standard deviation (m ±1.96) includes 95% of the total frequency.Fig.b: Area between m ± 1.96
(iii) Mean plus or minus 2.58 standard deviation (m ± 2.58) includes 99% of the total frequency.Fig.c: Area between m ± 2.58
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