Mathematics, 14.05.2021 21:30, dylan102247

Suppose the grades of a certain exam are normally distributed with a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 8. The instructor is going to award bonus points to all students whose grade is in the top 5%. What is the minimum grade a student needs to have to qualify for the bonus points

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answered: lexident

The minimum grade a student needs to have to qualify for the bonus points is of 85.16.

Step-by-step explanation:

Normal Probability Distribution:

Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ , the z-score of a measure X is given by:

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the p-value, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 8.

This means that $\mu = 72, \sigma = 8$

What is the minimum grade a student needs to have to qualify for the bonus points?

The 100 - 5 = 95th percentile, which is X when Z has a p-value of 0.95, so X when Z = 1.645.

$Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}$

$1.645 = \frac{X - 72}{8}$

X - 72 = 1.645*8

X = 85.16

The minimum grade a student needs to have to qualify for the bonus points is of 85.16.

answered: Guest

introduction, methodology, results, discussion

step-by-step explanation:

an observational study is one which consists of actual observation to record data and then analyse the data.

there are a number of factors that should be analyzed before starting an observational study.

the main four factors are:

i) introduction: this should be analysed to check whether the purpose of the study is correctly established and the data recorded are appropriate for the study

methodology: the method of collecting the data, such as whether randomly selected, and whether sample size matches with the population to be studied, whether questions asked are easy to answer by common men, etc.

results: then results such as summary of data with comments should be studied thoroughly

discussion: the last is the discussion, this can be either by management people or persons who are all interested , etc.

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