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Problem Set 3

The document contains a problem set with 5 questions related to statistics and probability. The questions cover topics like normal distributions, standard deviations, percentiles, and interpreting GRE scores.

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EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Tacloban City

Educ 503 (Statistics in Education)


Problem Set Number 3
(Due on April 3, 2024)

1. The mean weekly television viewing time for children aged 2–11 years is 24.50 hours. Assume that the
weekly television viewing times of such children are normally distributed with a standard deviation of
6.23 hours and apply the 68.26%-95.44%-99.74% empirical rule to fill in the blanks.
a. 68.26% of all such children watch between _____ and _____ hours of TV per week.
b. 95.44% of all such children watch between _____ and _____ hours of TV per week.
c. 99.74% of all such children watch between _____ and ______ hours of TV per week.

2. Find the area under the standard normal curve that lies
a. Between z = −2.12 and z= -1.67.
b. either to the left of -0.63 or to the right of 1.54.

3. A variable is normally distributed with mean 68 and standard deviation 10. Find the percentage of all
possible values of the variable that
a. lie between 73 and 80.
b. are at least 75.
c. are at most 90.

4. Suppose that the language proficiency scores of 200 senior high school students are normally
distributed with a mean of 82 and a standard deviation of 5.
a. What is the percentile rank corresponding to a score of 90?
b. If a student is picked at random, what is the probability that his score is lower than 75?
c. What minimum score should a student get to belong to the upper 5% of the entire senior high
school students?
d. Between what two scores do we expect the middle 95% of the scores to fall?
e. Suppose it is known that 8% of the 200 students belong to the group with less satisfactory
language proficiency? What minimum score should a student post to be classified to belong to
the group with at least satisfactory language proficiency?

5. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a standardized test that students usually take before
entering graduate school. According to the document Interpreting Your GRE Scores, a publication of
the Educational Testing Service, the scores on the verbal portion of the GRE are (approximately)
normally distributed with mean 462 points and standard deviation 119 points. If a particular graduate
school requires a percentile rank of at least 75, what minimum GRE score should one get to be
admitted to this graduate school?
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