Scores on the SAT exam approximate a normal distribution with a mean of 600 and a standard deviation of 80. Use the distribution to determine (z- score must be rounded to the two decimal places): The z-score for a SAT score of 470 The percent of SAT scores that fall above 750 The probability for a SAT score that fall below 800 The percentage of SAT scores that fall between 525 and 570
Continuous Probability Distributions
Probability distributions are of two types, which are continuous probability distributions and discrete probability distributions. A continuous probability distribution contains an infinite number of values. For example, if time is infinite: you could count from 0 to a trillion seconds, billion seconds, so on indefinitely. A discrete probability distribution consists of only a countable set of possible values.
Normal Distribution
Suppose we had to design a bathroom weighing scale, how would we decide what should be the range of the weighing machine? Would we take the highest recorded human weight in history and use that as the upper limit for our weighing scale? This may not be a great idea as the sensitivity of the scale would get reduced if the range is too large. At the same time, if we keep the upper limit too low, it may not be usable for a large percentage of the population!
Scores on the SAT exam approximate a
- The z-score for a SAT score of 470
- The percent of SAT scores that fall above 750
- The probability for a SAT score that fall below 800
- The percentage of SAT scores that fall between 525 and 570
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