For a 4-unit class like Statistics, students should spend
average of 12 hours studying for the class. A survey was done on 23
students, and the distribution of total study hours per week is
bell-shaped with a mean of 14 hours and a standard deviation of 3.4
hours.
Use the Empirical Rule to answer the following questions.
a) 68% of the students spend between hours and hours on Statistics
each week.
b) 95% of the students spend between hours and hours on Statistics
each week.
c) 99.7% of the students spend between hours and hours on
Statistics each week.
Given :-
Mean () = 14
Standard deviation () = 3.4
Using Empirical rule.
a) 68% of the students spend between hours and hours on Statistics each week is
= 14 - 3.4 = 10.6
= 14 + 3.4 = 17.4
b) 95% of the students spend between hours and hours on Statistics each week is
= 14 - (2*3.4) = 7.2
= 14 + (2*3.4) = 20.8
c) 99.7% of the students spend between hours and hours on Statistics each week is
= 14 - (3*3.4) = 3.8
= 14 + (3*3.4) = 24.2
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