A movie to show how the probability that a standard normal random variable lies within plus or minus a multiple of its standard deviation (that is, 1) varies with the value of the multiple.
Arguments
- starting_multiple
A non-negative numeric scalar. The value of the multiple used in the first plot.
- delta_multiple
A numeric scalar. The amount by which the value of the multiple is increased/decreased after one click of the +/- button.
- ndec
The number of decimal places to which to round the probability that is superimposed on the plot.
Details
The value of the multiple can be changed using the +/i buttons in the panel. For the purposes of this movie, the multiple cannot be increased above a value of 5.
See also
stat0002movies
: general information about the movies.
normal_pdf_movie
: normal probability density function
movie.