Which of the following types of data are likely to be normally distributed? Check all that apply.

A. The heights of all high school students in the United States
B. The outcomes of flipping a single fair coin
C. All the test scores of eleventh graders in the U.S.
D. The time it takes for an airliner to fly from Los Angeles to New York
E. The distance of an archer's shots from the center of a target

Question

Which of the following types of data are likely to be normally distributed? Check all that apply.

 		A.	The heights of all high school students in the United States
 		B.	The outcomes of flipping a single fair coin
 		C.	All the test scores of eleventh graders in the U.S.
 		D.	The time it takes for an airliner to fly from Los Angeles to New York
 		E.	The distance of an archer's shots from the center of a target

anonymous · Answer

@amistre64 @Luis_Rivera

amistre64 · Answer

assuming that life represents normality ... A and C should be a given

I think is more binmonial, but even that can be approximated with a normal distrbution

amistre64 · Answer

E feels like normality to me as well

amistre64 · Answer

they all feel good to me, but B and D might be iffy

anonymous · Answer

Oh gosh, I answered too soon. The answers were C, D, and E. Seems odd to me, but I guess they're right.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much though, @amistre64 :)

amistre64 · Answer

good luck :)