Question

Candice scored 74 on an exam that had a mean of 66 and a standard deviation of 4. Erin scored 58 on an exam with a mean of 42 and a standard deviation of 7. Who scored better?

Answer 1

Erin

Explanation:

Z score formula:

z = (x-μ)/σ, where x is the raw score, μ is the population mean, and σ is the population standard deviation.

For Candice:

Z score = 74 -66/4

Z score = 2

For Erin

Z score = 58 - 42/7

Z score = 2.28571

Erin z score is larger hence, he did better