Exam 1

1. Metainformation

   Tag	Value
   file	Distributions_uu-Normal-700-en_uu-Normal-700-en
   name	uu-Normal-700-en.Rmd
   section	Distributions/Continuous/Normal
   type	schoice
   solution	FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE
   Type	Conceptual
   Language	Dutch
   Level	Statistical Literacy

   Question

   The normal distribution holds such high importance in statistics because …

   
   
   1. FALSE: many observations in nature are normally distributed.
   2. FALSE: means sampled repeatedly from an unknown distribution are known to be normally distributed if $n>30$.
   3. FALSE: tests like the t-test are often based on or make assumptions that use the normal distribution.
   4. TRUE: all of the above.
   
   

   Solution

   All listed reasons are reasons why the normal distribution is so important.