Statistical
Reasoning for
the Health
Sciences Week 5
Questions and
answers
Continuous Random Variable
Has an infinite number of possible values that can be represented by an
interval on the number line.
Continuous Probability Distribution
The probability distribution of a continuous random variable
Standard Normal Distribution
A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Z Score
The number of standard deviations a particular score is from the mean.