Answer to Question #163014 in Quantitative Methods for Sunny

Question

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the normal distribution?

a. the normal distribution is unimodal

b. the mean of the normal distribution lies at the center of the normal distribution curve.

c. the normal distribution is a symmetrical distribution

d. the two tails of the normal distribution curve intersect the horizontal axis.

e. the mean of the normal distribution is equal to its mode.

Answer 1

The normal distribution is unimodal, symmetrical, the mean of the normal distribution is equal to its mode and lies at the center of the normal distribution curve, the two tails of the normal distribution curve do not intersect the horizontal axis.

Thus the correct answer is d.

Answer: d