Normal Distribution Pictures
Getting a drawing of a normal distribution into Word is not an easy task. Here are three possible ways to do it.
Note that the t-distributions look like normal distributions, so you can use this for t-distributions too.
Screenshot of online picture using Java applet
Use one of the two GeoGebra applets below聽create your picture, including typing labels for the axes in the boxes provided.聽
聽allows you to make a picture with one side coloured, and聽聽allows you to make a picture with two sides or a slice in the middle coloured. Take a screenshot to paste into your Word document.
Edit picture in drawing program
顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲听迟丑别 , and open it in a drawing program, such as Paint.
Draw vertical lines to create regions to colour in, and then fill the regions you want with colour.
After this, insert the picture into Word and create text boxes to label the axes. You can also download聽the 聽with pictures already prepared.
Make from picture of normal distribution and Word rectangles
顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲听迟丑别 聽of a normal distribution, and insert it into your Word document. Use the Word drawing tools to create coloured rectangles to represent your probability, making sure they cover the lines of the normal distribution. Now click on each rectangle and select "send to back" from the Format tools. This will cover the edges of the rectangles with white, but the colour will show through the transparent region in the middle of the picture. Now insert text boxes to label your axes.
You can also download聽the normal distribution with rectangles example聽with the pictures already prepared.