The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 3 - The Normal Distributions - Chapter 3 Exercises - Page 99: 3.53

Answer

$-0.67\sigma$ $0$ $0.67\sigma$

Work Step by Step

The first quartile has an area of 0.25 to the left. Use a z-table (inverse mode), we can find $z\approx-0.67\sigma$ The median has an area of 0.5 to the left. Use a z-table (inverse mode), we can find $z=0$ The third quartile has an area of 0.75 to the left. Use a z-table (inverse mode), we can find $z\approx0.67\sigma$
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