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-Dominant- [34]
3 years ago
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The composite scores of individual students on the ACT college entrance examination in 2009 followed a normal distribution with

mean 21.1 and standard deviation 5.1. What is the probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 23 or higher? P(X > 0.3548) = P(z > 0.3725) = 0.3725 What is the probability that a simple random sample of 50 students chosen from all those taking the test has an average score of 23 or higher? p(X >) = p(z >) = Why is it more likely that a single student would score this high instead of the sample of students?
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Mumz [18]3 years ago
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Answer:

35.57% probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 23 or higher.

0.41% probability that a simple random sample of 50 students chosen from all those taking the test has an average score of 23 or higher.

The lower the standard deviation, the higher the z-score, which means that the higher the pvalue of X = 23, which means there is a lower probability of scoring above 23. By the Central Limit Theorem, as the sample size increases, the standard deviation decreases, which means that Z increases.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this question, we need to understand the normal probability distribution and the central limit theorem.

Normal probability distribution

Problems of normally distributed samples are solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean \mu and standard deviation \sigma, the zscore 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 pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem estabilishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean \mu and standard deviation \sigma, the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean \mu and standard deviation s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}.

For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.

In this problem, we have that:

\mu = 21.1, \sigma = 5.1

What is the probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 23 or higher?

This is the pvalue of Z when X = 23.

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

Z = \frac{23 - 21.1}{5.1}

Z = 0.37

Z = 0.37 has a pvalue of 0.6443

1 - 0.6443 = 0.3557

35.57% probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the test scores 23 or higher.

What is the probability that a simple random sample of 50 students chosen from all those taking the test has an average score of 23 or higher?

Now we use the central limit theorem, so n = 50, s = \frac{5.1}{\sqrt{50}} = 0.72

Z = \frac{X - \mu}{s}

Z = \frac{23 - 21.1}{0.72}

Z = 2.64

Z = 2.64 has a pvalue of 0.9959

1 - 0.9959 = 0.0041

0.41% probability that a simple random sample of 50 students chosen from all those taking the test has an average score of 23 or higher.

Why is it more likely that a single student would score this high instead of the sample of students?

The lower the standard deviation, the higher the z-score, which means that the higher the pvalue of X = 23, which means there is a lower probability of scoring above 23. By the Central Limit Theorem, as the sample size increases, the standard deviation decreases, which means that Z increases.

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