Standard normal distribution

Background You are given an approximately normally distributed dataset

Task 1 Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the dataset
Task 2 Standardize the dataset
Task 3 Plot the data on a graph to see the change

Solution:

Original dataset Subtract mean

567.45 -175.58
572.45 Task 1 Mean 743.03 -170.58 Mean
572.45 St. dev 73.95 -170.58 St. dev
589.12 -153.91
613.87 Task 3.1 -129.16 Task 3.2
615.78 -127.24
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666.45 -76.58
667.70 -75.33
668.95 -74.08
675.28 -67.74
675.78 -67.24
685.53 -57.49
694.28 -48.74
697.62 -45.41
705.78 -37.24
705.87 -37.16
708.12 -34.91
711.03 -31.99
714.03 -28.99
716.03 -26.99
722.28 -20.74
728.12 -14.91
728.70 -14.33
729.03 -13.99
730.12 -12.91
731.95 -11.08
735.03 -7.99
736.95 -6.08
737.37 -5.66
738.28 -4.74
739.78 -3.24
740.62 -2.41
743.62 0.59
747.20 4.17
748.20 5.17
748.28 5.26
748.53 5.51
750.03 7.01
752.12 9.09
754.70 11.67
755.03 12.01
758.37 15.34
760.53 17.51
764.03 21.01
769.28 26.26
775.45 32.42
781.20 38.17
781.70 38.67
785.62 42.59
792.78 49.76
793.37 50.34
795.28 52.26
797.62 54.59
798.95 55.92
799.70 56.67
799.95 56.92
810.87 67.84
811.53 68.51
813.62 70.59
814.03 71.01
814.78 71.76
817.87 74.84
818.87 75.84
820.70 77.67
821.12 78.09
825.62 82.59
828.62 85.59
841.45 98.42
842.03 99.01
842.87 99.84
849.62 106.59
874.70 131.67
878.78 135.76
897.45 154.42
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standard deviation (the spread) of the graph