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    Probability - using Bayes Theorem

    Homework Statement Question breaks down to this. defect occurs 1/100 items. .97 (97%) of the time when an item has a defect it is detected. .005 of the time, an item is detected to have a defect when it actually does not have one. What is the probability that an Actual defect occurs...
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    Tricky stats question from assignment

    Still having some trouble with starting this one out, every question I have done to date has been different, I am not getting how to use the CLT in this case without a mean score given. Anyone have an example they could lead me to that is similar to this question or perhaps show me how to...
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    Tricky stats question from assignment

    sure, looking at it it does look like CLT was covering a little in the book but in every example in the book/notes the mean is given (or the direct data points to calculate it). So a question that does not give a mean, rather a mean change in score, I was not sure how to exactly apply the CLT...
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    Tricky stats question from assignment

    Thanks for the response. Going over what you said makes sense and I am now going to give it a shot. Reason I have been stumped with it, we have not been lectured on (I went over my notes, notes in the chapters we are responsible to do, and the power points posted to date) and we have not...
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    Tricky stats question from assignment

    Homework Statement 265 students hire a tutor to help them improve their scores on the SAT test. The results are summarized in Math and Verbal score changes. Math: Mean change in score = 19, Standard Deviation of score changes = 65 Verbal: Mean change in score = 7, Standard Deviation of...
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