LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

• Identify when a random variable will be normally distributed.
• Use the properties of the normal distribution.
• Explain the significance of the standard normal distribution.
• Compute probabilities using normal distribution tables.
• Transform a normal distribution into a standard normal distribution.
• Convert a binomial distribution into an approximated normal distribution.
• Solve normal distribution problems using spreadsheet templates.