document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=463651>Question 463651</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 ability:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "verbal or quantitative? Explain your answer to a person who has never had a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #317632 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=317632\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z=(81-50)/20=1.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-value of 1.55 is 0.939 so this person did better than 93.9% of those taking the test<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "z=(6.4-0)/5=1.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-value of 1.25 is 0.894 so this person did better than 89.4% of those taking the test<BR>\n" );
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