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Is total area under a normal distribution finite?
Yes, and is equal to 1. This is true for normal distribution using any mean and variance.
Do some normal probability distributions have different means and different standard deviations?
Yes. Normal (or Gaussian) distribution are parametric distributions and they are defined by two parameters: the mean and the variance (square of standard deviation). Each pair of these parameters gives rise to a different normal distribution. However, they can all be "re-parametrised" to the standard normal distribution using z-transformations. The standard normal distribution has mean 0 and variance 1.
Which measure of variation is appropriate when using the mean?
The variance or standard deviation.
Does t-distribution rely on degree of freedom?
Yes. The parameters of the t distribution are mean, variance and the degree of freedom. The degree of freedom is equal to n-1, where n is the sample size. As a rule of thumb, above a sample size of 100, the degrees of freedom will be insignificant and can be ignored, by using the normal distribution. Some textbooks state that above 30, the degrees of freedom can be ignored.
What is the symbol to denote the sample variance?
s2, using the Roman lower case letter.
