The variable of interest is the total semester hours of college credit for each candidate. Recall that

Question:

The variable of interest is the total semester hours of college credit for each candidate. Recall that the mean and median for the data set were 141.31 and 140 hours, respectively, and the standard deviation was 17.77 hours. Demonstrate why the probability for the variable, total semester hours, is unlikely to be normally distributed.
For Information: Refer to the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Spring 2002) study of first-time candidates for the CPA exam, Exercise 2.51.
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