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USMLE purpose: Rapid-review a single biostats shortcut in Anki-card style.

How to use this page

  1. Sketch the bell curve.
  2. Mark the mean and SD.
  3. Use 68–95–99.7.
Episode metadata
FieldDetails
EpisodeRandy Neil Biostats 34
TopicBiostats short
Runtime1 min
Published2024-02-04
SourceOpen YouTube video

One-liner

The area below +1 SD is 84% : 50% below the mean plus 34% from mean to +1 SD.

Rapid recall: within 1 SD?

68%.

Rapid recall: below +1 SD?

84%.

Extra practice

A normally distributed variable has mean 100 and SD 15. What percent is below 115?

Reveal answer & explanation

84%. 115 is +1 SD, and the area below +1 SD is 84%.