To Be Eligible for Further Consideration, Applicants for Certain Civil

question 106

Short Answer

To be eligible for further consideration, applicants for certain Civil Service positions must first pass a written qualifying examination on which a score of 70 or more must be obtained. In a recent examination it was found that the scores were normally distributed with a mean of 67 points and a standard deviation of 6 points. Determine the percentage of applicants who passed the written qualifying examination.
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Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
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__________%

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Definitions:

Variable Sample Size

A statistical approach where the number of observations or data points collected can change or vary based on certain criteria.

Attributes Data

Data that is categorized based on qualities or characteristics that are counted as distinct attributes, often non-numeric like yes/no or pass/fail.

Control Limits

The bounds of acceptable performance in statistical process control, outside of which a process is considered out of control and corrective action is required.

R-chart

A control chart used in statistical process control to monitor the process variability based on ranges of sampled subsets.