Homework Help: statistics

Posted by loni on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 12:49am.

4. The scores on a university examination are normally distributed with a mean of 62 and a standard deviation of 11. If the bottom 5% of students will fail the examination, what is the lowest score, to the nearest whole number, that a student can have and pass?

statistics - PsyDAG, Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 10:37am
Z = (score-mean)/SD

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion. Use the corresponding Z score to find your answer.

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