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#1 2005-09-20 09:36:22
- april64
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Statistics
I am having trouble trying to solve this equation.
Batting averages of major league baseball players are thought to possess a mound-shaped symmetric distrution with a mean of .260 and a standard deviation of .03. Find the proportion of major league baseball players who have a batting average that exceeds .230.
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#2 2005-09-20 18:56:47
- MathsIsFun
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Re: Statistics
If you look here you can see what that "mound shape" looks like
Now, 0.230 is just 1 Standard Deviation from 0.260 (0.230 + 1×0.03 = 0.260), and when you look up the table you find 1 Standard Deviation = 0.3413, this means that 34.13% of the population are between 0.230 and 0.260, now 50% are above the mean of 0.260, so 84.13% (34.13%+50%) are above 0.230.
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