Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with mean and variance is called the standard normal distribution (see Figure 3.5). Standard normal random variables are denoted by . If represents a normal random variable that follows the normal distribution with mean and variance , then the corresponding standard normal random variable is:MATH(5)

represents the distance of from the mean in terms of the standard deviation .

 

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Figure 3.5: Standard normal distribution.

 

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Degrees of Freedom

Chi-Squared Distribution