The average score for a Biology test is 77 and the standard deviation is 8. Which percent best represents the probability that any one student scored between 61 and 93 on the test?
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UoH 2014 Question 62: Random variables and standard distributions
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This question is on The normal distribution, part of Random variables and standard distributions in Statistics.
The bell curve: standardising, tail probabilities and approximations.
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