Exhibit 10.1 the Following Questions Are Based on the Problem Description and Description

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Exhibit 10.1
The following questions are based on the problem description and the output below.
A college admissions officer wants to evaluate graduate school applicants based on their GMAT scores, verbal and quantitative. Students are classified as either successful or not-successful in their graduate studies. The officer has data on 20 current students, ten of whom are doing very well (Group 1) and ten who are not (Group 2) . ​ ​ ​ ​
-Refer to Exhibit 10.1. The university has received applications from several new students and would like to predict which group they would fall into. What is the discriminant score for a student with a Quantitative score of 686 and a Verbal score of 601. Use five (5) significant figures in your coefficients.

• A) 1.29 ≤ discriminant score ≤ 1.30
• B) 1.69 ≤ discriminant score ≤ 1.70
• C) 2.69 ≤ discriminant score ≤ 2.70
• D) 6.05 ≤ discriminant score ≤ 6.06

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Definitions:

Alternation of Generations

A life cycle occurring in plants and some algae, characterized by a regular alternation between two distinct forms, the asexual (sporophyte) and the sexual (gametophyte).

Female Cones

Reproductive structures of certain plants like conifers, which produce seeds in contrast to male cones that produce pollen.

Megasporangia

Structures in plants that produce megaspores, which develop into female gametophytes.

Antheridia

Male reproductive structures in plants, algae, and fungi that produce and release sperm.