Solve the Problem $\mathrm { z }$ Scores Are Normally Distributed with a Mean of 0 and Are

question 28

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-Assume that $\mathrm { z }$ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 . If $\mathrm { P } ( - \mathrm { a } < \mathrm { z } < \mathrm { a } ) = 0.4314$ , find $\mathrm { a }$ .

• A) \(1.49\)
• B) \(0.57\)
• C) \(- 0.18\)
• D) \(0.3328\)

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