Bellevue hospital in new york city uses 100.6

Week Four Quiz

1. Please indicate whether each of the statements below is true or false.

a. A normal distribution is any distribution that is not unusual.

b. The graph of a normal distribution is bell-shaped.

c. If a population has a normal distribution, the mean and the median are not equal.

d. The graph of a normal distribution is symmetric.

Using the 68-95-99.7 rule:

2. Assume that a set of test scores is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 20. Use the 68-95-99.7 rule to find the following quantities (please refer back to the discussion during Week 2 “The 68-95-99.7 rule and the standard normal distribution .” You must show your work to receive credit.

a. Percentage of scores less than 100

b. Relative frequency of scores less than 120

c. Percentage of scores less than 140

d. Percentage of scores less than 80

e. Relative frequency of scores less than 60

f. Percentage of scores greater than 120

3. Assume the body temperatures of healthy adults are normally distributed with a mean of 98.20 °F and a standard deviation of 0.62 °F (based on data from the University of Maryland researchers) (Refer back to Bennett, Briggs and Triola, Chapter 5.2, section Standard Scores, and section 5.3 The Central Limit Theorem for examples of how to work the problems below). You must show your work to receive credit.

a. If you have a body temperature of 99.00 °F, what is your percentile score?

b. Convert 99.00 °F to a standard score (or a z-score).

c. Is a body temperature of 99.00 °F unusual? Why or why not?

d. Fifty adults are randomly selected. What is the likelihood that the mean of their body temperatures is 97.98 °F or lower?

e. A person’s body temperature is found to be 101.00 °F. Is the result unusual? Why or why not? What should you conclude?

f. What body temperature is the 95th percentile?

g. What body temperature is the 5th percentile?

h. Bellevue Hospital in New York City uses 100.6 °F as the lowest temperature considered to indicate a fever. What percentage of normal and healthy adults would be considered to have a fever? Does this percentage suggest that a cutoff of 100.6 °F is appropriate?