Statistics Through Applications
Statistics Through Applications
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ISBN: 9781429219747
Author: Daren S. Starnes, David Moore, Dan Yates
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 3.12E
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To show the 98th percentile on the normal distribution curve.

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  Statistics Through Applications, Chapter 3.1, Problem 3.12E

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The percentile shows that percent of value that falls less than a certain value. Here 98th percentile means that 98% of the data falls less than Joey’s score.

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Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3.1ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.2ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.3ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.4ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.5ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.6ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.7ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.8ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.9ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.10E
Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3.11ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.12ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.13ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.14ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.15ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.16ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.17ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.18ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.19ECh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.20ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.21ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.22ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.23ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.24ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.25ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.26ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.27ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.28ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.29ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.30ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.31ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.32ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.33ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.34ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.35ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.36ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.37ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.38ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.39ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.40ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.41ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.42ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.43ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.44ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.45ECh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.46ECh. 3 - Prob. 3.47RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.48RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.49RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.50RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.51RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.52RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.53RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.54RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.55RECh. 3 - Prob. 3.56RE

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