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are the activities which could be
repeated over and over again and which have well-defined results.

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EXPERIMENT

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are the possible results of an experiment.

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OUTCOMES

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is the set of all outcomes in an experiment.

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SAMPLE SPACE

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is a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values.

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VARIABLE

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is a function that associates a real number to each element in the sample space. It is a variable whose values are determined by chance.

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RANDOM VARIABLE

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variable that has a certain number of particular values and nothing else.

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DISCRETE VARIABLE

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a continuous variable is any value that can be measured as decimals or fractions. These are infinitely situated between two values of reference.

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CONTINUOUS VARIABLE

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is often called a “Bell Curve” because it looks like a bell.

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Normal Distribution

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is often called a “Bell Curve” because it looks like a bell.

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Normal Distribution

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connotes the average in ability, intelligence, size, emotional traits, and personality.

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Normality

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developed the mathematical equation of the normal curve but his work went unnoticed.

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Abraham de Moivre

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he also derived the equation of the normal distribution from a study of errors in repeated measurements

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Karl Friedrich Gauss

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Normal Distribution Formula

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f(x) = 1/σ√2π e ^ - 1/2σ^2(x-μ)^2

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Normal Distribution Formula

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f(x) = 1/σ√2π e ^ - 1/2σ^2(x-μ)^2

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15
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The distribution curve is _______

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bell-shaped.

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The curve is ______ about its center, the mean.

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The curve is ______ about its center, the mean.

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The mean, median, and mode are ________ at the center.

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The width of the curve is determined by the ____________ of the distribution.

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standard deviation

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The tails of the curve flatten out indefinitely along the horizontal axis, always approaching the axis but never touching it. That is, the curve is _______ to the base line.

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The area under the curve is _. Thus, it represents the probability or proportion or the percentage associated with the specific sets of data.

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The area under the curve is _. Thus, it represents the probability or proportion or the percentage associated with the specific sets of data.

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The ________ is a normal probability distribution that has a mean μ = 0 and a standard deviation σ = 1.

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STANDARD NORMAL CURVE

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The Table of Areas under the Normal Curve is also known as the ____.

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The _____ is a measure of relative standing.
z-score
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The _____ is a measure of relative standing.
z-score
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The ____ represents the distance between a given measurement X and the mean, expressed in standard deviation.
z-score
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average of a group characteristics
μ = population mean
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used to quantify the amount of variation
σ = standard deviation
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unaltered measure
raw score
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z-score for population data formula
z = x - μ / σ
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z-score for sample data formula
z = x - x̄ / s
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Person’s age in year (discrete or continuous)
discrete
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(discrete or continuous) Weight of every student in the class
continuous
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(discrete or continuous) Number of present student
discrete
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(discrete or continuous) The temperature in Quezon at noon time
continuous
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(discrete or continuous) Running speed of student in 100m dash.
continuous