Asked by michelle
The reaction time of subjects to a certain psychological experiment is considered to be normally distributed with a mean of 20 seconds and a standard deviation of 4 seconds. What is the reaction time such that only 10% of subjects are faster?
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PsyDAG
Z = (score-mean)/SD
Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion (.10) related to the Z score. Insert Z score in equation above and solve for the score.
Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion (.10) related to the Z score. Insert Z score in equation above and solve for the score.
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