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Improving SAT scores.The National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) tracks a nationally representative sample of U.S. students from eighth grade through high school and college. Research published in Chance (Winter 2001) examined the Standardized Assessment Test (SAT) scores of 265 NELS students who paid a private tutor to help them improve their scores. The table summarizes the changes in both the 厂础罢鈥揗补迟丑ematics and 厂础罢鈥揤别谤产补濒 scores for these students.

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Mean change in score

19

7

Standard deviation of score changes

65

49

a.Suppose one of the 265 students who paid a private tutor is selected at random. Give an interval that is likely to contain this student鈥檚 change in the 厂础罢鈥揗补迟丑 score.

b.Repeat part afor the 厂础罢鈥揤别谤产补濒 score.

c.Suppose the selected student increased his score on one of the SAT tests by 140 points. Which test, the SAT鈥 Math or 厂础罢鈥揤别谤产补濒, is the one most likely to have the 140-point increase? Explain.

Short Answer

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(a)-176 to 214

(b)-140 to 154

(c)- SAT-Math

Step by step solution

01

Finding the likely interval where the random students’ score might fall

We do not know the distribution of the scores; therefore, we will use the Chebyshev rule to find the interval.

As per the rule, 8/9 proportion, i.e., almost 89% of all the students鈥 scores, will fall under the 3rd standard deviation from the mean. Hence, we use x3sto find the interval.

x3sLowerrange=x-3s=19-3(65)=19-195=-176Upperrange=x+3s=19+3(65)=19+195=214

Therefore, the most likely chances are that a random student鈥檚 SAT-Math score will be anywhere from 176 below his/her previous SAT-Math score to 214 above his/her SAT-Math score.

02

Calculating the interval where the random students’ SAT-Verbal scores might fall

We will be using the Chebyshev again rule due to similar reasoning,

x3sLowerrange=x-3s=7-3(49)=7-147=-140Upperrange=x+3s=7+3(49)=7+147=154

Therefore, the interval where a random student鈥檚 SAT-Verbal score might fall is 140 below his/her previous score to 154 above his/her previous score.

03

Identifying the test where the student can improve by 140 points

An increase of 140 points for SAT-Math would be a little less than 2 standard deviations from the mean, whereas a 140 point increase in SAT-Verbal would be a little less than 3 standard deviations from the mean. As a 140 point change in SAT-Math is not as large as a 140 point change in SAT-Verbal, it is most likely an SAT-Math score.

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