The Normal Distribution: The Standard Deviation and the Mean of a Set

Week 5 Discussion: The Normal Distribution

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Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 2, 6, 7

Holmes, A., Illowsky, B., & Dean, S. (2017). Introductory business statistics. OpenStax. https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics

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• Minimum of 1 scholarly source

In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s).

Initial Post Instructions

Many variables in medicine follow a normal distribution where there are approximately an equal number of values below the mean as above the mean. Describe two variables that you work with that would probably follow a normal distribution. Also note which of the two variables would be likely to have a larger standard deviation and why.