Sixteen men and fourteen women in an Introductory Psychology class have taken their midterm exams. Their scores are listed here. (For gender, 1 = male and 2 = female). Student Gender Score Student Gender Score 1 1 85 16 2 89 2 1 53 17 2 73 3 2 92 18 2 91 4 1 70 19 1 76 5 1 76 20 1 75 6 1 93 21 2 89 7 1 90 22 2 71 8 2 80 23 1 83 9 1 73 24 2 68 10 1 72 25 2 86 11 1 85 26 1 65 12 2 36 27 1 89 13 2 88 28 2 79 14 1 78 29 2 70 15 1 88 30 2 73 Frequency Distributions Produce frequency distributions for gender & test score. Use the frequency distribution for “test score” to answer the following questions. A. How many people have a test score that falls at or below the 50th percentile? _______ B. How many students have a test score that falls above the 75th percentile? _______
Inverse Normal Distribution
The method used for finding the corresponding z-critical value in a normal distribution using the known probability is said to be an inverse normal distribution. The inverse normal distribution is a continuous probability distribution with a family of two parameters.
Mean, Median, Mode
It is a descriptive summary of a data set. It can be defined by using some of the measures. The central tendencies do not provide information regarding individual data from the dataset. However, they give a summary of the data set. The central tendency or measure of central tendency is a central or typical value for a probability distribution.
Z-Scores
A z-score is a unit of measurement used in statistics to describe the position of a raw score in terms of its distance from the mean, measured with reference to standard deviation from the mean. Z-scores are useful in statistics because they allow comparison between two scores that belong to different normal distributions.
Sixteen men and fourteen women in an Introductory Psychology class have taken their midterm exams. Their scores are listed here. (For gender, 1 = male and 2 = female).
Student Gender Score Student Gender Score
1 1 85 16 2 89
2 1 53 17 2 73
3 2 92 18 2 91
4 1 70 19 1 76
5 1 76 20 1 75
6 1 93 21 2 89
7 1 90 22 2 71
8 2 80 23 1 83
9 1 73 24 2 68
10 1 72 25 2 86
11 1 85 26 1 65
12 2 36 27 1 89
13 2 88 28 2 79
14 1 78 29 2 70
15 1 88 30 2 73
Frequency Distributions
Produce frequency distributions for gender & test score. Use the frequency distribution for “test score” to answer the following questions.
A. How many people have a test score that falls at or below the 50th percentile? _______
B. How many students have a test score that falls above the 75th percentile? _______
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