Solved – Probability greater than mean

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What is the probability of a value to be greater than the mean plus three times the standard deviation (assuming a normal distribution)? What is this probability for an arbitrary distribution?

Best Answer

Compute $1 - F(μ + 3σ)$, where $F$ is the cumulative distribution function, $μ$ the mean, and $σ$ the standard deviation. When the distribution is normal, this comes out to .00135.

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