document.write( "Question 281972: The graduate selection committee wants to select the top 10% of applicants. On a standardized test with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100, what would be the cutoff score for selecting the top 10% of applicants, assuming that the standardized test is normally distributed?
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The graduate selection committee wants to select the top 10% of applicants. On a standardized test with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100, what would be the cutoff score for selecting the top 10% of applicants, assuming that the standardized test is normally distributed?
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the z-value that has right-tail of 10%.
\n" ); document.write( "z = invNorm(0.90) = 1.2816
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the x-value that corresponds to that z-score:
\n" ); document.write( "x = zs + u
\n" ); document.write( "x = 1.2816*100 + 500
\n" ); document.write( "x = 128.16 + 500
\n" ); document.write( "x = 628.16
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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