A student took a math exam and scored 77. If the class exam scores were mound-shaped with a mean sco

Dominick Blanchard

Dominick Blanchard

Answered question

2022-05-07

A student took a math exam and scored 77. If the class exam scores were mound-shaped with a mean score of 70 and standard deviation of 16, use z-score to determine how the student placed comparing with the class average i.e. is the student's mark an outlier or not?

So my attempt: I used this equation
n = μ + σ z
where
1. n is the data point (77)
2. μ is the mean (70)
3. σ is the standard deviation (16)
4. and z is the z-score (unknown)

To solve for the unknown:
77 = 70 + 16 z 7 = 16 z 0.4375 = z
This value is equivalent to 0.6700 on the z table. I just don't know what to do with this information and what steps I would take next to figure out the question.

Answer & Explanation

Marquis Matthews

Marquis Matthews

Beginner2022-05-08Added 9 answers

The Z-score is the number of standard deviations away from the mean. The data point is within one standard deviation so clearly it is not an outlier.

What the table tells you is that a Z-score of 0.4375 means that 67% of people would have scored less than him, or alternatively:
P ( Z 0.4375 ) = P ( n 77 ) = 0.67
Where P ( x y z ) is the probability that x y z is true.

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