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naturalchemist

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Some easy-to-remember intervals can give you a picture of where the values on any normal curve will fall. This information is known as the __________.
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Suppose a population generally follows a normal curve, except that one of the measurements on this curve falls more than 3 standard deviations above the mean. What would you call this value?
 a. An extreme outlier.
  b. An error. All the values should lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean.
  c. A value that has a 99.7 chance of occurring, because of the Empirical Rule.
  d. None of the above.



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Answer to Question 1

EMPIRICAL RULE

Answer to Question 2

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