MATH 119: NOTES FOR QUIZ 3

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Lesson 17 (Section 6-2) : Standard Normal Distribution

Lesson 18 (Section 6-3) : Applications and Nonstandard Normal Distributions

Section 6-4 is discussed in my Section 6-5 notes.

Lesson 19 (Section 6-5): Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

Section 6-5: Dice and the Central Limit Theorem (play with applets!)

http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/CLT.html

Section 6-5: Handout: Central Limit Theorem for Sums

Math119CLT.pdf

Lesson 20 (Section 6-6): Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions

Section 6-6: Probability Histograms of Various Binomial Distributions

Binomial.pdf

Section 6-6: Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions (play with applets!)

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/binom_demo.html

Section 6-6: Why Do Normal Approximations to Binomial Distributions Work? (Optional - Interesting Theory)

See last page of 6-6 notes.

First Edition Notes (you don't need these)

In case you're curious, here are notes based on the 1st Edition (our Chapter 6 was Chapter 5 then). A different table for the standard normal is used.

M11905Old.pdf

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