Two Students Are Enrolled in Different Sections of an Introductory

question 41

Essay

Two students are enrolled in different sections of an introductory statistics class at a local university. The first student, enrolled in the morning section, earns a score of 76 on a midterm exam where the class mean was 64 with a standard deviation of 8. The second student, enrolled in the afternoon section, earns a score of 72 on a midterm exam where the class mean was 60 with a standard deviation of 7.5. If the scores on the midterm exams are normally distributed, which student scored better relative to his or her classmates?

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Definitions:

Yield Good Results

To produce positive outcomes or benefits.

Adjourning Stage

The final phase in group development, where the group wraps up activities and prepares to disband or move on to new tasks.

Disband Permanently

means to dissolve a group, organization, or team in such a way that it will not be reformed or reconstituted in the future.

Task Force

A temporary group of people formed to accomplish a specific objective or to address a particular problem.