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st: standard normal distribution
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tashi lama <[email protected]>
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st: standard normal distribution
Date
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:56:06 +0000
Hello all,
This might be more of a statistical question than stata but I would really appreciate if someone explain me this. I thought I understood normal distribution until I see this. I have a standard normal distribution table with N(mean=0,standard deviation=1) which gives me the following
x y
|---------------|
| -9 1.03e-18 |
| -8 5.05e-15 |
| -7 9.14e-12 |
| -6 6.08e-09 |
| -5 1.49e-06 |
|---------------|
| -4 .0001339 |
| -3 .004433 |
| -2 .0540047 |
| -1 .2420321 |
| 0 .3990434 |
|---------------|
| 1 .2420321 |
| 2 .0540047 |
| 3 .004433 |
| 4 .0001339 |
| 5 1.49e-06 |
|---------------|
| 6 6.08e-09 |
| 7 9.14e-12 |
| 8 5.05e-15 |
| 9 1.03e-18 |
| 10 7.70e-23 |
+---------------+
summ y
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
y | 20 .0500127 .1105588 7.70e-23 .3990434
Do I not must get mean of y to be 0 and standard deviation to be 1 since it is a normal distribution N(0,1). Am I misunderstanding something here??
Thanks,
Tashi
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