Thursday, December 10, 2009

normal distribution

No mental math today, we started off with learning about
NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS: Frequency polygons/histograms

check out this website for histograms http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=78

*created from (theoretically), a histogram situation, with these characteristics(MANY natural phenomena follow a normal distribution)

Characteristics of NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
-theoretical (approximation)
-symmetry aout mean
-follow this rule
68-95-99.7

Another website to check out

www.ronblond.com

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