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Probability Distributions
6.1 All students in a class were asked how many times
they had read the city newspaper in the past 5 days.
The data is in the chart below. What proportion read the
newspaper more than 3 times in the past 5 days?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
0.1
0.5
0.6
1.0
None of the above
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No. Times
Read
Newspaper
Probability
0
0.25
1
0.05
2
0.10
3
0.10
4
0.15
5
0.35
6.1 All students in a class were asked how many times
they had read the city newspaper in the past 5 days.
The data is in the chart below. What proportion read the
newspaper more than 3 times in the past 5 days?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
0.1
0.5
0.6
1.0
None of the above
Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc.
No. Times
Read
Newspaper
Probability
0
0.25
1
0.05
2
0.10
3
0.10
4
0.15
5
0.35
6.6 Which of the following is NOT a property of
the normal distribution?
a) It is symmetric.
b) It is bell-shaped.
c) It is centered at the mean, 0.
d) It has a standard deviation,  .
e) All of the above are correct.
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6.6 Which of the following is NOT a property of
the normal distribution?
a) It is symmetric.
b) It is bell-shaped.
c) It is centered at the mean, 0.
d) It has a standard deviation,  .
e) All of the above are correct.
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6.7 Scores on the verbal section of the SAT have
a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.
Scores are approximately normally distributed.
What proportion of SAT scores are higher than
450?
a) 0.5
b) 0.5557
c) 0.6915
d) 0.3085
e) 0.7257
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6.7 Scores on the verbal section of the SAT have
a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.
Scores are approximately normally distributed.
What proportion of SAT scores are higher than
450?
a) 0.5
b) 0.5557
c) 0.6915
d) 0.3085
e) 0.7257
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6.8 Scores on the verbal section of the SAT have
a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.
Scores are approximately normally distributed. If
someone scored at the 90th percentile, what is
their SAT score?
a) 608
b) 618
c) 628
d) 638
e) 648
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6.8 Scores on the verbal section of the SAT have
a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.
Scores are approximately normally distributed. If
someone scored at the 90th percentile, what is
their SAT score?
a) 608
b) 618
c) 628
d) 638
e) 648
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6.9 What is the standard normal distribution?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
N ( , )
N ( ,  )
N (1,0)
N (0,1)
N ( z, z )
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6.9 What is the standard normal distribution?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
N ( , )
N ( ,  )
N (1,0)
N (0,1)
N ( z, z )
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6.10 There are two sections of Intro Statistics and they
both gave an exam on the same material. Suppose that
Megan made an 83 in 2nd period and Jose made an 85
in 3rd period. Using the information below. Who scored
relatively higher with respect to their own period?
2nd period
3rd period
Mean
80
82
Standard Deviation
5
6
a) Jose
b) Megan
c) They are the same
d) Cannot be determined
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6.10 There are two sections of Intro Statistics and they
both gave an exam on the same material. Suppose that
Megan made an 83 in 2nd period and Jose made an 85
in 3rd period. Using the information below. Who scored
relatively higher with respect to their own period?
2nd period
3rd period
Mean
80
82
Standard Deviation
5
6
a) Jose
b) Megan
c) They are the same
d) Cannot be determined
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