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document.write( "     Part (a)\r\n" );
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document.write( "standard score =  =  =  =  = 1 = 1.0833  (rounded).   ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Part (a) is completed.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Part (b)\r\n" );
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document.write( "standard score =  =  =  =  = 2 = 2.0769  (rounded).   ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Part (b) is completed.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Part (c)\r\n" );
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document.write( "In part (c) the question is posed in wrong way.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The correct question should ask \"Who did better on the GRE in terms of standard scores ?\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The person who has higher standard scores did better.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the person of part (b) did better than the person of part (a).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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