Overview
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The normal distribution is a family of distributions that is often used to model operational processes. Based on your readings for this module, give one example, different from those supplied in the overview, of how the normal distribution can be used in an operations or production environment. This example may be from your own experience. Be sure to explain how the normal distribution is used in the example you provide.
In responding to your peers, select responses that use a normal distribution in a scenario that is different from your own. Do you agree with the use of a normal distribution in those examples? Support your claim. To further the discussion, consider how the normal distribution could be applied to the final project.
Support your initial posts and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style.
Reading Resources.
Video: Normal Distributions opens in new window (6:49) This video provides a brief discussion of the normal and standard normal distributions including examples. This resource supports both tasks in this module.
Article: Normal Distribution opens in new window This article has great examples of distributions. This resource supports both tasks in this module.
Video: StatCrunch: Computing Summary Statistics for Columns opens in new window (3:35) This video shows how to compute summary statistics. This will be used to gain information about variables in a data set. This resource supports your Milestone One activity.
Video: StatCrunch: Creating Histograms opens in new window (3:45) This video shows how to create histograms. This resource supports your Milestone One activity.
Video: StatCrunch: Creating Scatter Plots opens in new window (5:10) This video shows how to create scatter plots. This will be used to gain visual understanding of variables; to include existence of outliers. This resource supports your Milestone One activity.