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What is the Empirical Rule in statistics?

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The Empirical Rule states that for a normal distribution: 68% of the data falls within one standard deviation of the mean, 95% falls within two standard deviations, and 99.7% falls within three standard deviations.

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What percentage of data falls within one standard deviation of the mean in a normal distribution?

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68% of the data falls within one standard deviation of the mean.

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What percentage of data falls within two standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution?

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95% of the data falls within two standard deviations of the mean.

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What percentage of data falls within three standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution?

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99.7% of the data falls within three standard deviations of the mean.

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How do you calculate the z-score?

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The z-score is calculated using the formula: z = (X - μ) / σ, where X is the value, μ is the mean, and σ is the standard deviation.

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What is a z-score?

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A z-score indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of the distribution.

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If the mean number of accidents is 6.4 and the standard deviation is 1.5, what is the probability of having more than 7 accidents?

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The probability of having more than 7 accidents is approximately 0.3446.

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In a normal distribution, what is the minimum height in the top 16% if the mean height is 69.6 inches and the standard deviation is 3.0 inches?

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The minimum height in the top 16% is 72.6 inches.

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What is the mean of a normal distribution?

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The mean of a normal distribution is the average of all data points and is the center of the distribution.

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What is the standard deviation in a normal distribution?

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The standard deviation measures the dispersion or spread of the data points around the mean.