In: Statistics and Probability
A worldwide organization of academics claims that the mean IQ score of its members is 118 , with a standard deviation of 15 . A randomly selected group of 35 members of this organization is tested, and the results reveal that the mean IQ score in this sample is 115.2 . If the organization's claim is correct, what is the probability of having a sample mean of 115.2 or less for a random sample of this size? Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places. Round your answer to at least three decimal places.
µ = 118
σ = 15
n= 35
X = 115.20
Z = (X - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 115.2
- 118 ) / ( 15 /
√ 35 ) =
-1.104
P(X ≤ 115.2 ) = P(Z ≤
-1.104 ) = 0.1347
(answer)
excel formula for probability from z score is
=NORMSDIST(Z)