The Normal Distribution Has a Greater Percentage of Its Area

question 181

Multiple Choice

The normal distribution has a greater percentage of its area close to the mean and much less in the tails.
-Assume that adults have IQ scores that are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 (as on the Wechsler test) . Find the IQ score separating the top 14% from the others.

• A) 108.6
• B) 99.3
• C) 116.2
• D) 83.7

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