SOLUTION: The majority of the data is normally distributed if there are enough subjects. For instance, if you collected test scores of only a few honor students, the data will most likely no

Question 1117337: The majority of the data is normally distributed if there are enough subjects. For instance, if you collected test scores of only a few honor students, the data will most likely not be normally distributed because you would have a sample that did not represent the entire population. But the identical test scores (for honor students) collected from all schools in a state will result in a normal distribution.
Identify an example of a population that you would expect to be normally distributed. Explain why you believe it would be normally distributed. Then, describe a subset of the population you identified and explain why it would not be normally distributed and what the distribution would look like.
Justify your answers with appropriate reasoning and research
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The majority of the data is normally distributed if there are enough subjects. For instance, if you collected test scores of only a few honor students, the data will most likely not be normally distributed because you would have a sample that did not represent the entire population. But the identical test scores (for honor students) collected from all schools in a state will result in a normal distribution.
Identify an example of a population that you would expect to be normally distributed. Heights of all males in America.
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Explain why you believe it would be normally distributed.
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Then, describe a subset of the population you identified and explain why it would not be normally distributed and what the distribution would look like.
Heights of all males in my extended family
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Justify your answers with appropriate reasoning and research
l'll leave that to you.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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