On a physics exam, you score a 66%. If the mean for this exam is 57%, would you prefer a standard deviation of 5% or 10%? Explain your choice.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: 5% because that means, relative to a standard deviation of 10%, a smaller percentage of students would have done as well as you did.
Learning Objective: 3: Interpret the information a z score conveys; Learning Objective: 4: Use z scores to make decisions; Learning Objective: 5: Use z scores to identify percentile ranks of raw scores.
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When children can perform tasks at a minimal level necessary to complete the task this is referred to as
A. an emerging skill. B. grade-level competence. C. literacy. D. age-level competence.
Which of these is not a state police power:
a. Health b. Safety c. Levy tax on all citizens d. Welfare of all citizens
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