SOLUTION: What score is 1/2 standard deviation above the mean? A standardized test was given to a set of high school juniors and the distribution of the data is bell shaped. The mean s

Question 1051299: What score is 1/2 standard deviation above the mean?

A standardized test was given to a set of high school juniors and the distribution of the data is bell shaped. The mean score is 800 and the standard deviation is 120.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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A standardized test was given to a set of high school juniors and the distribution of the data is bell shaped. The mean score is 800 and the standard deviation is 120.
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What score is 1/2 standard deviation above the mean?
z = 1/2
score = 800 + (1/2)120 = 860
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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