Empirical Rule Calculator measures the share of values that fall within a specified number of standard deviations from the mean. It's an online statistics and probability tool requires data set $X$ and determines the percentage of values around the mean for the standard deviation width of $\sigma$, $2\sigma$ and $3\sigma$
It is necessary to follow the next steps:
We can measure the percentage of data that is a certain distance from the mean no matter what the standard deviation of the set is. If the mean is $\mu=0$ and the standard deviation is $\sigma=1$ the curve is called a standard normal distribution. In this case, the values of $x$ represent the number of standard deviations distanced from the mean.
The empirical rule, also known as $68-95-99.7$ rule, or three sigma ($3\sigma$) rule is the percentages of data in a normal distribution within $\sigma=1$, $\sigma=2$ and $\sigma=3$ standard deviations of the mean, are approximately , and $68$, $95$ and $99.7$, respectively.To find the empirical rule we need to follow next steps
In statistical data analysis, when working along with standard deviation calculation, there may be many occasions that the user may need to find the percentage of data fall around the mean. Applications of the empirical rule are to determine if some data set follows a normal distribution and also to determine what the probability is of certain data occurring. The Empirical Rule is very important in statistics for forecasting, i.e. when obtaining the data is difficult or impossible to find. The Empirical Rule has application in hypothesis testing, process control, creating work standards, and in menu real-life situations. For instance, in hypothesis testing, the empirical rule finds confidence intervals. These intervals are used in testing to check if outcomes from a change are the result of the normal process or are different from the starting behavior.
Practice Problem 1 :
The heights of students in a class have a normal distribution with a mean of $180$ centimeters and a standard deviation of $5$ centimeters.
Find the interval that contains about $95\%$ of the students.
Practice Problem 2 :
The weights of cats have a normal distribution with a mean of $3.6$ pounds and a standard deviation of $0.4$ pounds.
What percent of cats weigh between $2.8$ and $4.8$ kilograms?
Practice Problem 3 :
The special type of dogs lives $3.1$ years and the standard deviation is $0.60$ years. Find the probability of a dog living less than $2.52$ years, if the lifespans of these dogs are normally distributed.
The empirical rule Calculator, formula, and practice problems would be very useful for grade school students (K-12 education) primarily in statistical and probability problems. Because many natural phenomena have approximately the normal distribution, some real-life situations can be solved by using this concept.