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Continuous Probability Distributions


Some of the study materials included here are excerpted from the Student Study Guide written by Kathleen Whitcomb of University of South Carolina, which is also in print for purchase. Ask your instructor and/or bookstore to order copies -use ISBN 0073030333­.

After completing this chapter, you will be able
to:
  1. Understand the difference between discrete and continuous distributions.
  2. Compute the mean and standard deviation for a uniform distribution.
  3. Compute probabilities using the uniform distribution.
  4. List the characteristics of a normal probability distribution.
  5. Define and calculate zvalues.
  6. Determine the probability an observation is between two points on a normal probability distribution..
  7. Determine the probability that an observation is above (or below) a point on a normal probability distribution.
  8. Use the normal probability distribution to approximate the binomial distribution.








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