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The normal distribution is defined by the mean and standard deviation of a quantitative/numerical data set. According to (Holmes, et al., 2017) "The mean determines the curve's position on the x-axis of a graph, and the standard deviation determines the height of the curve on the y-axis"
(Holmes, Illowsky, & Dean (2018) explains that Statistical data is essential to physicians, and the
knowledge of statistics is critical for research and also for recognizing and explaining information related to the practice of medical science. One of the statistical data elements is normality, which is mainly described by a distribution that resembles a symmetrical bell curve. Share of the data will drop to the mean's left, and half will fall to the right.
Two examples of variables that would have a normal distribution are systolic blood pressure and height. Systolic blood pressure numbers are normally distributed, especially since the mean and standard deviation are normally within the same range for a selected age group. The systolic blood pressure of 19-year-old women is typically distributed; for example, the mean is about 120
mmHg and the standard deviation of 12 mmHg (Sarkar, 2014; Rivera et al., 2014). Most healthy adults have systolic blood pressure between 120 and 125 mmHg. However, blood pressure readings are changed by a variety of stress, diet, and exercise frequency.
Height would be another example of a variable that matches a normal distribution. If we measured the height of 100 of 30-year-old women, created a histogram and plotted height on the x-axis, and the frequency where each of the heights happened on the y-axis, we would get a normal distribution.Height is one of the most common variables with normal distribution since not most people are very tall, or most o they are very short. Height has an average height zone, and less of the population lies outside the zone, such as Short or much taller than others. Also, the height variance is not that large because the difference within individuals' height is small.Height reflects a normal distribution because most of the data values tend to center around the mean.
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