A Study Was Designed to Investigate the Effects of Two

question 12

Multiple Choice

A study was designed to investigate the effects of two variables - (1) a studentʹs level of mathematical anxiety and (2) teaching method - on a studentʹs achievement in a mathematics
Course. Students who had a low level of mathematical anxiety were taught using the traditional
Expository method. These students obtained a mean score of 400 with a standard deviation of 40
On a standardized test. Assuming no information concerning the shape of the distribution is
Known, what percentage of the students scored between 320 and 480?

• A)at least 89%
• B)at least 75%
• C)approximately 95%
• D)approximately 68%

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