Question

More background: Lakeside College wants to reduce the number of students who wind up on academic probation (i.e., with a GPA below 2.00) after their first year of study. The administration decides that any admitted student with at least a 1 in 6 chance of ending the year on academic review will be placed under "close advisement" and enrolled in special sections of core classes. (Note: about 1 in 6 cases fall more than one standard deviation below the mean – or one standard error of the estimate below the predicted value. Therefore, in order to identify cases who are at risk, we would use the 68% confidence intervals around their predicted scores.) part 1. Based on her reading test score, Julie is predicted to end the year with a 2.48 GPA. Will she be placed under close advisement? Why or why not? _________________________ part 2. Based on his reading test score, Jaquan is predicted to end the year with a 2.60 GPA. Will he be placed under close advisement? Why or why not?

Answer 1

1. Julie with a predicted GPA of 2.48 is not likely to be placed under close advisement as her score is above 2.00, the threshold for academic probation.

2. Jaquan with a predicted GPA of 2.60 is also not likely to be placed under close advisement as his score exceeds the academic probation threshold of 2.00.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine if a student needs close advisement, Lakeside College considers those with at least a 1 in 6 chance (68% confidence interval) of ending the year below a 2.00 GPA for academic probation.

For Julie: Her predicted GPA of 2.48 exceeds the academic probation threshold of 2.00, indicating she is not likely to be placed under close advisement since her score is above the critical limit.

For Jaquan: His predicted GPA of 2.60 also surpasses the academic probation threshold. Similar to Julie, Jaquan's score indicates that he is not likely to fall below the required GPA and, therefore, will not be placed under close advisement.

The process involves comparing the predicted GPAs to the academic probation threshold. Students whose predicted GPAs fall below this threshold are considered at risk and placed under close advisement. In this scenario, both Julie and Jaquan's predicted GPAs are higher than 2.00, hence they are not expected to fall into the category warranting close advisement.