1. Chapter 5, numbers 5.11, 5.13, 5.15, and 5.18
Finding Proportions
5.11 Scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) approximate a normal curve
with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. What propo
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1. Chapter 5, numbers 5.11, 5.13, 5.15, and 5.18
Finding Proportions
5.11 Scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) approximate a normal curve
with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. What proportion of IQ scores are:
(a) above Kristen’s 125?
z= (125-100)/15 = 1.67
P(x>125) = P(z>1.67)
= 1-0.9525 = .0475 X 100= 4.75%
(b) below 82?
Z= 82-100 / 15 = -1.2
Above .1151 X 100
Below: .8849 X 100
(c) within 9 points of the mean?
Mean + 9 = 109 – 100 / 15 = .6
Mean – 9 = 91 – 100 / 15 = -.6
.6 = .5239
-.6 = .4761
Answer = .0478
(d) more than 40 points from the mean?
100+40 = 140
140-100 / 15 = 2.66666
= .0039
Finding Scores
5.13 IQ scores on the WAIS test approximate a normal curve with a mean of 100 and a
standard deviation of 15. What IQ score is identified with
(a) the upper 2 percent, that is, 2 percent to the right (and 98 percent to the left)?
X = µ+(z)()
Z = x-100/15 = 130.9 = X
Z = 2.06
(b) the lower 10 percent?
10% = 10/100 = .1000
Z = -1.28
X = (-1.28x15) + 100
X = 100 + (-19.2)
X = 80.8
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(c) the upper 60 percent?
.4 = -.25 on chart
x= (-.25x15) + 100
X = -3.75 + 100
x= 96.25
(d) the middle 95 percent? [Remember, the middle 95 percent straddles the line
perpendicular to the mean (or the 50th percentile), with half of 95 percent, or 47.5 percent,
above this line and the remaining 47.5 percent below this line.]
47.5/100 = .475, z = 1.96
X = (1.96 x 15) + 100
X = 29.4 + 100
= 129.4
and
X = (-1.96x15) + 100
x = -29.4 +100
x = 70.6 70.6 < x < 129.4
(e) the middle 99 percent?
99/100 = .99 /2 = .495
z= 2.58
X = (2.58x15) + 100
x= 138.7
and
x= 100 -(2.58x15)
= .61.3 61.36 < X < 138.7
Finding Proportions and Scores
IMPORTANT NOTE: When doing Questions 5.15 and 5.16, remember to decide first
whether a proportion or a score is to be found.
*5. 15 An investigator polls common cold sufferers, asking them to estimate the number of
hours of physical discomfort caused by their most recent colds. Assume that their estimates
approximate a normal curve with a mean of 83 hours and a standard deviation of 20 hours.
(a) What is the estimated number of hours for the shortest-suffering 5 percent?
X=μ+(z)(σ )
U = 83 O= 20
83 + -1.64 (20) = 50.2
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