6.94 College acceptance The National Center for Educational Statistics reported that in 2012 the ACT college placement
Question:
6.94 College acceptance The National Center for Educational Statistics reported that in 2012 the ACT college placement and admission examination had a mean of 21.1 and standard deviation of 5.3. (Source: Data from nces.ed.gov/
programs/digest/d12/tables/dt12_147.asp.)
a. Which probability distribution would you expect to be more appropriate for describing the scores: the normal or the binomial? Why?
b. A college requires applicants to have an ACT score in the top 20% of all scores. Using the distribution you chose in part
a, find the lowest ACT score a student could get to meet this requirement.
c. Of five students picked at random from those taking the ACT, find the probability that none score high enough to satisfy the admission standard you found in part b.
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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data
ISBN: 9781292164878
4th Global Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg