Which is relatively better: a score of 6868 on a psychology test or a score of 5959 on an economics test? scores on the psychology test have a mean of 8585 and a standard deviation of 1515. scores on the economics test have a mean of 6565 and a standard deviation of 1010?

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Eden Johnston

4 March, 21:16

Which is relatively better: a score of 6868 on a psychology test or a score of 5959 on an economics test? scores on the psychology test have a mean of 8585 and a standard deviation of 1515. scores on the economics test have a mean of 6565 and a standard deviation of 1010?

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Megan Cobb · Answer 1

In order to get know which test is relative better, you have to use the formula to get the z score of psychology test and economics test.

Z = (raw score-sample mean) / standard deviation

Solution:

Psychology = (68 - 85) / 15 = - 1.13

Economics = (59 - 65) / 10 = - 0.6

Through this answer you can see that economics is closer to 0 which is the actual mean. This can be viewed through a normal distribution graph. The closer it is to 0, the relatively better it is because of it is more precise.

So economics is relatively better than psychology test.

Bennett · Answer 2

The economics test score is relatively better because of its z score is greater that the z score for the psychology test.

The calculation for this question is simply;

for psychology = (68 - 85) / 15 = - 1.13

for economics = (59 - 65) / 10 = - 0.6

So the answer to this question is economic is relatively better.