Parameter vs Statistics and Normal Distribution

Use the following information and the Empirical Rule to estimate the answer.

The ages of golfers are normally distributed, with a mean of 38 and a standard deviation of 4.

There are 500 golf members at the Mathy Country Club. How many are younger than 34?

• 16

• 80

• 100

• 150

The mean number of accidents a week at a company is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 1.5.  What proportion of weeks would you expect to have less than 5 accidents?

• 0.6915

• 0.1762

• 0.8238

• -0.93

The mean number of accidents a week at a company is 6.4 with a standard deviation of 1.5.  What proportion of weeks would you expect to have more than 7 accidents?

• 0.3446

• 0.2856

• 0.4

• 0.6554

The mean GPA of students in a course at UCDavis is 3.2 with a standard deviation of 0.3. What percent of students in the course have a GPA between  2.9 and 3.8? 

• 81.5%

• 47.5%

• 68%

• 95%

The shelf life of a particular dairy product is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days.

About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days?

• 68%

• 34%

• 16%

• 2.5%

Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, what percentage of scores are above 82?

• 34%

• 81.5%

• 16%

• 2.5%

Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, how many students out of 500 would score between 68 and 82

• 11

• 2

• 340

• 498

Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, how many students out of 500 would score higher than 68?

• 11

• 12

• 420

• 250

The mean life of a tire is 30,000 km. The standard deviation is 2000 km.

Then, 68% of all tires will have a life between ___________ km and __________ km.

•  28,000 km and 32,000 km.

• 24,000 km and 34,000 km.

• 26,000 km and 34,000 km.

• 27,000 km and 31,000 km.

The distribution of heights of adult American men is approximately Normal with mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches. What percent of men are between 64 and 66.5 inches tall? 

• 50%

• 2.5%

• 13.5%

• 34%