A researcher wants to investigate the effects of environmental factors on IQ scores. For an initial study, she takes a sample of 400 people who grew up as the only child. She finds that 48.5% of them have an IQ score over 100. It is known that 50% of the general population has an IQ score exceeding 100. (a) Find the mean of p, where p is the proportion of people with IQ scores over 100 in a random sample of 400 people.
A researcher wants to investigate the effects of environmental factors on IQ scores. For an initial study, she takes a sample of 400 people who grew up as the only child. She finds that 48.5% of them have an IQ score over 100. It is known that 50% of the general population has an IQ score exceeding 100.
(a) Find the mean of p, where p is the proportion of people with IQ scores over 100 in a random sample of 400 people.
(b) Find the standard deviation of p.
(c) Compute an approximation for P(p is greater than or equal to 0.485), which is the probability that there will be 48.5% or more individuals with IQ scores over 100 in a random sample of 400. Round answer to 4 decimal places.
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