Homework Help: statistics

Posted by Jessie on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 5:42pm.

Let X be a continuous random variable that is normally distributed with mean, ľ = 15 and standard deviation, σ = 2.8, find a value xo that represents the 80th percentile of the distribution.

statistics - PsyDAG, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 11:16am
Z = (score-mean)/SD

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the Z score related to that proportion, then insert the values into the equation above and solve for the score.

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