An employer gives a pre-employment evaluation to a large group of applicants. The scores are normally distributed with a mean of 154 and a standard deviation of 21. The employer wants to interview only those applicants who score in the top 15%. What should the cut-off score be for the interviews? Round to the nearest whole number. [answer]
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The problem states that the scores of a pre-employment evaluation are normally distributed with a mean (μ) of 154 and a standard deviation (σ) of 21. The employer wants to interview applicants who score in the top 15%. We need to find the minimum score (cut-off Show more…
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