document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=209030>Question 209030</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person scores 81 on a test of verbal ability and 6.4 on a test of quantitative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ability. For the verbal ability test, the mean for people in general is 50 and the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "standard deviation is 20. For the quantitative ability test, the mean for people in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "general is 0 and the standard deviation is 5. Which is this person’s stronger<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ability: verbal or quantitative? Explain your answer to a person who has never<BR>\n" );
document.write( "had a course in statistics. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "ability. For the verbal ability test, the mean for people in general is 50 and the standard deviation is 20.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the quantitative ability test, the mean for people in general is 0 and the standard deviation is 5. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is this person’s stronger ability: verbal or quantitative.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the z score for verbal and for quantity.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "VERBAL: z(81) = (81-50)/20 = 1.55<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "QUANTITY: z(6.4) = (6.4-9)/5 = 1.28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stonger ability is Verbal.<BR>\n" );
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