Quiz 5 Normal Probability Distribution
1. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a normal distribution? a) area is 1.0 b) is symmetrical c) standard deviation equals the mean d) never reaches zero
2. What percentage of the normal distribution is +/–1 SD?
3. Calculate the z-value that defines the 80th-percentile score in normally distribute data?
a) +/- 0.32 b) +/- 0.68 c) +/- 1.16 d) +/- 2.00 4. What z-values define the 75th-percentile scores about the mean (12.5% in each tail)? a) +/- 0.32 b) +/- 0.68 c) +/- 1.16 d) +/- 2.00
5. What percentage of scores in a normal distribution lie below a z-score of –1.50?
6. What score is needed to be in the top 66% on a test with a mean of 40 and a SD of 10?
7. What is the standard error of the mean for a sample of size 5 with standard deviation of 20.0? b) 5.33 c) 6.25 d) 8.94
8. The Finite Population Correction Factor should be used when ______. a) the sample size is >5% of the population size b) when there are outliers in the data c) sample data are skewed d) population is greater than 10 000