The Length of Conversations Between Supervisors and Workers in a Particular

question 23

Short Answer

The length of conversations between supervisors and workers in a particular manufacturing industry is normally distributed with a mean of 4.0 minutes and a standard deviation of .8 minutes.
What percentage of conversations are longer than 4.4 minutes? Longer than 5 minutes? Longer than 3 minutes? Shorter than 2.5 minutes? Use the normal curve table.

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Definitions:

Speech Sounds

The distinct auditory or phonetic elements of a language that are combined to form words, phrases, and sentences.

Babbling Stage

A developmental stage in early childhood characterized by the production of speech-like but meaningless sounds.

Syntactic

Pertains to the rules and principles that govern the structure of sentences in a language.

Telegraphic

A speaking or writing style that is brief and to the point, often lacking complete sentences but still conveying the intended message.