Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Not even close. Lots of this sort of stuff in textbooks as well. WT...H?
(And just in case anybody thinks that I think I'm in that far right tail --- I'm definitely the midwit here.)
For the normal distribution, the ratio of area between 0 and 1 SD from the mean to that of the area between 1 and 2 SD from the mean is about 2.51. With rounding, the figure states it as 34/14, which is about 2.43. The ratio of the actual areas seen in this plot is about 3.75 (50% larger than it should be). Not even close.
Not even close. Lots of this sort of stuff in textbooks as well. WT...H?
(And just in case anybody thinks that I think I'm in that far right tail --- I'm definitely the midwit here.)
For the normal distribution, the ratio of area between 0 and 1 SD from the mean to that of the area between 1 and 2 SD from the mean is about 2.51. With rounding, the figure states it as 34/14, which is about 2.43. The ratio of the actual areas seen in this plot is about 3.75 (50% larger than it should be). Not even close.
