Continuous Probability Distributions

BA501 : The Class : Stats : Continuous
Continuous Probability Distributions

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Continuous probability distributions share the same characteristics with continuous data. Discrete data are data which have "gaps" between them due to physical or logical reasons. Continuous data are data which have any possible values of a range. Continuous probability distributions include continuous data and probabilities associated with ranges of those data. One can study several type of continuous probability distributions including the normal (bell shaped), uniform, negative exponential among others. For the purposes of this course, you will study the normal probability distribution.

Objectives:
1. Study textbook and on-line materials to gain a general understanding of continuous probability distributions.

2. Calculate Z scores.

3. Calculate probabilities associated with x data and Z scores.

Thought for Today

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To complete this Topic successfully, please complete the following activities in the order shown below:

Text TEXTBOOK READING: Read Chapter 6 in Kvanli, et. al.

Optional and free on-line texts for statistics: HyperStat and StatSoft

ON-LINE LESSON 1: Continuous Distributions- Introduction

ON-LINE LESSON 2: Continuous Distributions- Examples

SPREADSHEET: Excel and Equations

ASSIGNMENT: Home Work

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SELF TEST: Practice Quiz

Visit this Web site, click on Tools & Demos then Probability Calculator. Select Normal from the drop down menu. For additional calculations, select Normal Probabilities and then Normal Curves.

WEB ACTIVITY: SticiGui

In this simulation, click the sliding bars to indicate different Z scores. The result is the probability of being between the selected Z scores. Do not save changes.

Interactive Simulation

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