In 2010, when she was a high school senior, Alysha scored 670 on the Mathematics

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In 2010, when she was a high school senior, Alysha scored 670 on the Mathematics part of the SAT. The distribution of SAT Math scores in 2010 was Normal with mean 516 and standard deviation 116. John took the ACT and scored 26 on the Mathematics portion. ACT Math scores for 2010 were Normally distributed with mean 21.0 and standard deviation 5.3. Find the standardized scores for both students. Assuming that both tests measure the same kind of ability, who had the higher score? The heights of women aged 20 to 29 are approximately Normal with mean 64.3 inches and standard deviation 2.7 inches. Men the same age have mean height 69.9 inches with standard deviation 3.1 inches. What are the z-scores for a woman 6 feet tall and a man 6 feet tall? Say in simple language what information the z-scores give that the original nonstandardized heights do not.

Explanation / Answer

3.8

Alshya's standardized score is (670-516)/116 =1.33

John's standardized score is (26-21)/5.3 = 0.94

Thus Alshya had a higher score

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