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What's Normal, Anyway?

Subject Area
Math: Statistics: Data Analysis
Math: Statistics: Normal Distributions
Level
9-12
Activity Time
60 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-84 series
Resource Types
Lessons

What's Normal, Anyway?

Activity Overview

Students explore normal distribution and several properties. First, simulate a binomial experiment and use a histogram of the data to examine the general shape of a normal curve. They graph a normal distribution given the mean and standard deviation. They see how the graph changes when just the mean or standard deviation changes. Lastly, they further examine normal distributions, describing the percent of data values falling within different standard deviations from the mean.

Subject Area
Math: Statistics: Data Analysis
Math: Statistics: Normal Distributions
Level
9-12
Activity Time
60 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-84 series
Resource Types
Lessons
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