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Chapter 2.1 Classwork

Marty scored 90 on his Intro Stats test, placing him in the 80th percentile, while Biff scored 60, which is 20 points below the mean of 80. The document also discusses the performance of other students and provides insights into standardized scores and percentiles for various states' representatives in the U.S. House. Additionally, it compares Ohio's representation and counties to determine which is farther from the mean.

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Chapter 2.1 Classwork

Marty scored 90 on his Intro Stats test, placing him in the 80th percentile, while Biff scored 60, which is 20 points below the mean of 80. The document also discusses the performance of other students and provides insights into standardized scores and percentiles for various states' representatives in the U.S. House. Additionally, it compares Ohio's representation and counties to determine which is farther from the mean.

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How Did Marty Do on his Test?

How did Marty do on his Chapter 1 Intro Stats Test relative to his peers?
Below are recent Intro Stats Chapter 1 Test scores.
60 65 65 75 75 77 77 78 79 80 80 80 80 81 82 87 90 93 97 99
The mean is 80 and the standard deviation is 10.
1. a. Biff scored a 60 on the quiz. What percentage of the scores are less than 60?
0
b. Marty scored a 90 on the quiz. What percentage of the scores are less than 90?
80
2. a. How far away from the mean is Biff’s score of 60 and in what direction?

20 below
b. How many standard deviations is 60 away from the mean?
2 standard deviation below

3. a. How far away from the mean is Marty’s score of 90 and in what direction?

10 above the mean

b. How many standard deviations is 90 away from the mean?


1 standard deviation above

4. a. How far away from the mean is 97 and in what direction?


17 above the mean

b. How many standard deviations is 97 away from the mean?


an
1.7 standard deviations above the me
5. Lorraine scored 1.4 standard deviations above the mean on her first biology test and
1.9 standard deviations above the mean on her first psychology test. Was her test score
higher for biology or psychology? Explain.
Both z scores are above the mean but her psychology score is higher above the mean
than her biology score, therefore, her psychology score is higher.

Lesson 2.1 – Describing Location in a Distribution


QuickNotes
Lesson App 2.1 A House divided!

The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 voting members. Each state is allocated a
number of seats in the House based on its population when the Census is taken every
10 years. A dotplot of the number of representatives from each of the 50 states in 2019
is shown, along with summary statistics. The red point on the graph is for the state of
Ohio, with its 16 representatives.
Ohio

1. Find the percentile for Ohio. Interpret this value.

86th percentile

2. South Carolina is at the 52nd percentile of the distribution. How many


representatives did South Carolina have in 2019?

26
3. Calculate and interpret the standardized score for Ohio.

0.751 standard deviations above the mean.

How many counties does each state have?


The table displays summary statistics for
these data.

4. Ohio has 88 counties. In which distribution— number of representatives or


number of counties— is Ohio farther from the mean? Justify your answer.

0.542

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