You Are Applying for Graduate School at University A

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Short Answer

You are applying for graduate school at University A. In the past 42% of the applicants to this university have been accepted. It is also known that 70% of those students who have been accepted have had GMAT scores in excess of 550 while 40% of the students who were not accepted had GMAT scores in excess of 550. You take the GMAT exam and score 640. What is the probability that you will be accepted into graduate school of university A?

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

Educational Researcher

A professional who studies and analyses processes related to education and learning methodologies, aiming to improve educational systems and outcomes.

Positive Correlation

A relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable is associated with an increase in the other.

Independent Variable

In research, a variable that is manipulated or changed to observe its effects on a dependent variable.