Probability practice #1

Use the Unit Normal Table to find the proportion of the normal curve corresponding to z > 1.50.

• p = 0.9332

• p = 0.5000

• p = 0.4332

• p = 0.0668

Find the proportion of the normal curve that corresponds to z < -1.50.

• p = 0.9332

• p = 0.5000

• p = 0.4332

• p = 0.0668

Find the proportion of the normal curve that corresponds to z > 0.00.

• 0.5000

• 0.0000

• 1.0000

• 0.9999

Find the proportion of the normal curve that corresponds to z < 1.00.

• p = 0.8413

• p = 0.1587

• p = 0.3413

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True/False: You can look up the proportion of scores exceeding a z score for any distribution.

• True

• False

What z-score would be greater than 95% of scores in a normal distribution?

• 0.13

• 0.95

• 1.50

• 1.65