# How to find the proportion using normal distribution in R?

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To find the proportion using normal distribution in R, we can use pnorm function where we can provide the mean and standard deviation of population along with sample, also the tail position can be set by using lower.tail argument to TRUE or FALSE. Check out the below examples to understand how it can be done.

## Example 1

Finding the proportion of values above 55 when sample mean is 50 and standard deviation is 8 −

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pnorm(55,mean=50,sd=8,lower.tail=FALSE)

## Output

[1] 0.2659855

## Example 2

Finding the proportion of values above 60 when sample mean is 50 and standard deviation is 8 −

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pnorm(60,mean=50,sd=8,lower.tail=FALSE)

## Output

[1] 0.1056498

## Example 3

Finding the proportion of values above 70 when sample mean is 50 and standard deviation is 8 −

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pnorm(70,mean=50,sd=8,lower.tail=FALSE)

## Output

[1] 0.006209665

## Example 4

Finding the proportion of values below 55 when sample mean is 50 and standard deviation is 8 −

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pnorm(55,mean=50,sd=8)

## Output

[1] 0.7340145

## Example 5

Finding the proportion of values below 60 when sample mean is 50 and standard deviation is 8 −

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pnorm(60,mean=50,sd=8)

## Output

[1] 0.8943502

## Example 6

Finding the proportion of values below 70 when sample mean is 50 and standard deviation is 8 −

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pnorm(70,mean=50,sd=8)

## Output

[1] 0.9937903

## Example 7

Finding the proportion of values above 2 when sample mean is 1.25 and standard deviation is 0.75 −

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pnorm(2,mean=1.25,sd=0.75,lower.tail=FALSE)

## Output

[1] 0.1586553

## Example 8

Finding the proportion of values above 3 when sample mean is 1.25 and standard deviation is 0.75 −

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pnorm(3,mean=1.25,sd=0.75,lower.tail=FALSE)

## Output

[1] 0.009815329

## Example 9

Finding the proportion of values below 2 when sample mean is 1.25 and standard deviation is 0.75 −

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pnorm(2,mean=1.25,sd=0.75)

## Output

[1] 0.8413447

## Example 10

Finding the proportion of values below 3 when sample mean is 1.25 and standard deviation is 0.75 −

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pnorm(3,mean=1.25,sd=0.75)

## Output

[1] 0.9901847
Updated on 13-Aug-2021 10:50:26