Homework Help: Statistics

Posted by Ab on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 2:39pm.

Assume that a set of test scores is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 20. Use the 68-95-99.7 rule to find the following quantities:
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a. Percentage of scores less than 100
b. Relative frequency of scores less than 120
c. Percentage of scores less than 140
d. Percentage of scores less than 80
e. Relative frequency of scores less than 60
f. Percentage of scores greater than 120

Statistics - PsyDAG, Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 2:01pm
Normally distributed means that median = mean = mode. Median = 50th percentile. Does that give you answer to a?

b. 50 + .5(68) = ?%
d. 50 - .5(68) = ?

Use similar procedures to answer the rest of the problems.
Statistics - Tim, Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 11:28pm
Normally distributed means that median = mean = mode. Median = 50th percentile. Does that give you answer to a?

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