The 1996 verbal SAT scores have a near-normal distribution with mean µ = 505 and standard deviation σ = 110 Based on the information given estimate the 97.5 percentile of 1996 verbal SAT scores as well as first and third quartiles

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.