An Introduction to the Normal Distribution
An introduction to the normal distribution, often called the Gaussian distribution. The normal distribution is an extremely important continuous probability distribution that arises very frequently in probability and statistics.
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@abderrahimob4692
2 жыл бұрын
I really really hope you answer me sir but i still can't understand when do we need to use this low. I mean which type of phenomenons do require this low And please i don't like the answer ( the situations of normal distribution which require this low) because i can't distinguish between the situations normally distributed and the situation that follows other low like Khi2 and other I hope you answer me sir
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@CalvinVette
7 жыл бұрын
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2 ай бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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7 жыл бұрын
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@jbstatistics
6 жыл бұрын
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I came just to learn what normal distribution in general is, but stayed to listen and learn about formulas and the statistical approach :) Thanks!
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7 жыл бұрын
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7 жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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10 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 ай бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
I like to think it stands for (Just Basic) like Just Basic Statistics. Because he explains it so well, it seems basic. :P
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5 жыл бұрын
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@jbstatistics
10 жыл бұрын
You are welcome Gary!
I use your video to learn English. Thinks! 0:00 Let's look at an introduction to the normal distribution also known as the Gaussian distribution. The normal distribution is an extremely important continuous probability distribution. It arises very very frequently in theory and practice. 0:18 Here I've plotted out what is approximately the distribution of the height of adult Canadian males and this what we see here is a normal distribution. This is our variable down here and f of X is what we call the probability density function which gives the height of the curve at point X. 0:40 Here's the equation for the probability density function of the normal distribution. We're not going to be working with this directly very often but there's a few points we should note. 0:49 First of all if the random variable X has a normal distribution then it can take on any finite value. 0:57 There are two parameters to this distribution. Mu is the mean of the distribution and the mean can take on any finite value as well. Sigma is the standard deviation and Sigma squared of course is the variance. Sigma has to be some positive value and of course Sigma squared would have to be some positive value as well. 1:24 Here's a normal distribution plotted out. Mu the mean is also right smack dab in the middle of the distribution. The distribution is symmetric about mu. So mu represents the mean of the probability distribution and it's also the median of the probability distribution. Now let's try and get some perspective for what Sigma represents. 1:49 Here I've plotted in one standard deviation below the mean to one standard deviation above the mean and as we'll see a little bit later on this area between one standard deviation below to one standard deviation above is approximately zero point six eight 68% of the area lies within one standard deviation of the mean. 2:13 Here I've plotted in mu minus 2 standard deviations 2 mu plus 2 standard deviations and approximately 95% of the area lies within two standard deviations of the mean and approximately 99.7% of the area lies within three standard deviations of the mean. 2:41 Here's another plot to give us a little perspective on what Sigma represents. Over here this red line represents a normal distribution with a standard deviation of Sigma 2 and this white curve represents a normal distribution with the standard deviation of Sigma 1 but Sigma 2 is double Sigma 1 so the standard deviation on the red curve is double the standard deviation of the white curve and we can see that when the standard deviation is greater there is more area in the tails and a lower peak. 3:16 There are an infinite number of different normal distributions corresponding to all the different possible values for MU and Sigma. If X is a random variable that has a normal distribution with mean mu and variance Sigma squared we write this as the random variable X is distributed normally with a mean of mu and a variance of Sigma squared. X is distributed normally a big N first term is the mean second term is the variance. Be a bit careful here as different sources can have a different term in here sometimes people have the second term representing the standard deviation I have the second term representing the variance. So just be a bit careful with that. 4:07 By definition the standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with the mean of 0 and a variance of 1. We often represent random variables that have the standard normal distribution with the letter Z and yes I am Canadian and we might say if Zedd has a standard normal distribution we might write this as Zedd is distributed normally with a mean of 0 and a variance of 1 that being mu that being Sigma squared and if the variance of is 1 of course Sigma is 1 as well. 4:46 As we will soon see we very often need to find areas under the standard normal curve. Probabilities are simply areas under the curve and very often the question of interest involves finding a probability. 5:01 Finding probabilities and percentiles for the normal distribution requires integrating the probability density function. There isn't a closed form solution and it must be integrated numerically. Fortunately for us we're going to use software or a standard normal table to actually find these values in practice.
@jbstatistics
6 жыл бұрын
Good work! Ваш английский намного лучше моего русского.
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@jbstatistics
7 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I could be of help, and thanks for the compliment! All the best from Canada!
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@jbstatistics
5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to be of help! Best of luck on your test!
@chiamakabrowneyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Mai, Its been 3 years but I'm curious. How did your test go?
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@jbstatistics
6 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome!
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4:25, and I realized you were Canadian before you said Zed... Thanks for your help professor..
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@jbstatistics
5 жыл бұрын
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@jbstatistics
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
should it be any "infinite value"? 5:26
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@jbstatistics
7 жыл бұрын
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@AliShahidVlogs
6 жыл бұрын
jbstatistics tomorrow is my exam also :D
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Hello sir! is there any difference between normal distribution and gaussian distribution ? Btw your videos are awesome!! Thank you so much!
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@jbstatistics
8 жыл бұрын
+kalmuraqab Me too! It's a wonderful place :)
1:02 it has been so long since i did stats that when he said *mean* my mind registered it as *meme*
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4:22 "with the letter Z, and yes I am Canadian" LOL 😂😂💔
Hi a small doubt We normally plot Roys safety first ratio on Normal distribution for identifying shortfall risk Can we also plot IRR on Normal Distribution Curve ,and say IRR=Max return a customer can earn beyond wich NPV will become negative(As per number scale) So can I conclucdue Because at this point NPV will be zero
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@jbstatistics
7 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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@jbstatistics
5 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome!
Please Upload some videos of Triangular Distributions
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@jbstatistics
7 жыл бұрын
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"And yes I am Canadian" hahahahaha 😂 best country in the world!!
Could you please make a video for Laplace distribution!
Zed and I am Canadian. Represent! From Quebec but Canadian nonetheless.
I don`t usually comment on videos, but after this `yes, I`m a Canadian` haha. We`re missing some `eh` eh? By the way, I love these videos very well explained. Please keep it going :)
@jbstatistics
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the compliment! We really do say 'eh', but I try to avoid it in the videos :)
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Жыл бұрын
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Thank you Sir.
Is every data set following normal distribution ?
@jbstatistics
10 жыл бұрын
No, definitely not. Many variables have a distribution that is approximately normal, but definitely not all. For example, the distribution net worth of US households would be strongly skewed to the right.
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@jbstatistics
6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to be of help!
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If it makes you feel any better, we Indians also say Z as 'Zed'.(I found it weird at the beginning when I heard Americans say Z as 'Zee')
Thank you sir
is there an exponential distribution? cant find it
@jbstatistics
7 жыл бұрын
I don't have a video for the exponential distribution (yet).
D Histogram of Simulations from a Mixture of 3 Bivariate Gaussian Distributions, grazie. Stefano Caser
Thanks
And making a step beck: How do I know that the data I collected are normally distributed? I do I came to the bell curve with my data?
@jbstatistics
8 жыл бұрын
+cinqueottavi I wouldn't call that a step back, I'd call that a step forward (i.e. I discuss that later in the course). A common way of assessing whether the observed data is approximately normally distributed is by plotting a normal quantile-quantile plot. I discuss those plots in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/im2Tq7WDYLzWd9o.html.