The ASQ (American Society for Quality) Regularly Conducts a Salary

question 11

Multiple Choice

The ASQ (American Society for Quality) regularly conducts a salary survey of its membership, primarily quality management professionals.Based on the most recently published mean and standard deviation, a quality control specialist calculated the z-score associated with his own salary and found it was -2.50.This tells him that his salary ________________________ .

• A)2 and a half times more than the average salary
• B)2 and a half times less than the average salary
• C)is 2.5 standard deviations above the average salary
• D)is 2.5 standard deviations below the average salary
• E)much higher than the average salary

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