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luminitza

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Approximately _____ of the scores in a normal distribution fall farther than 2 standard deviation units from the mean.
 
  a. 5 c. 70
  b. 50 d. 95

Question 2

In the normal distribution, approximately _____ of the scores fall between one standard deviation unit below the mean and one standard deviation unit above the mean.
 
  a. 5 c. 70
  b. 50 d. 95


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Fewer than 5 of the scores in a normal distribution lie beyond 2 standard deviation units away from the mean.

Answer to Question 2

C
About two-thirds of the scores in a normal distribution fall in this range.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 19, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jun 19, 2018
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