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* Change the source for the SAT data to a primary source.
* Fix typo in the standard deviation
* Clarify that the binomial probabalities are just for the Python room.
(cherry picked from commit 01bf219)

Co-authored-by: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>
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Expand Up @@ -734,10 +734,10 @@ of applications in statistics.
:class:`NormalDist` readily solves classic probability problems.

For example, given `historical data for SAT exams
<https://blog.prepscholar.com/sat-standard-deviation>`_ showing that scores
are normally distributed with a mean of 1060 and a standard deviation of 192,
determine the percentage of students with test scores between 1100 and
1200, after rounding to the nearest whole number:
<https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_226.40.asp>`_ showing
that scores are normally distributed with a mean of 1060 and a standard
deviation of 195, determine the percentage of students with test scores
between 1100 and 1200, after rounding to the nearest whole number:

.. doctest::

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500 person capacity. There is a talk about Python and another about Ruby.
In previous conferences, 65% of the attendees preferred to listen to Python
talks. Assuming the population preferences haven't changed, what is the
probability that the rooms will stay within their capacity limits?
probability that the Python room will stay within its capacity limits?

.. doctest::

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