Normal

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    • Describes many naturally occurring variables such as the distribution of height and weight in the population
    • We can say definite things about the data because the normal distribution has certain mathematical properties
    • A normal distribution can be broken down into 3 standard deviations either side of the mean
      • 68.3% of the distribution lies within 1 standard deviation of the mean
      • 95.4% of the distribution lies within 2 standard deviations of the mean
      • 99.7% of the distribution lies within 3 standard deviations of the mean
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