About what percentage of the data lies within 2 standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution?

In a normal distribution, the empirical rule says about 68% of the data lies within 1 standard deviation of the mean, about 95% within 2, and about 99.7% within 3. Therefore, about 95% lies within 2 standard deviations, which is choice C.

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