Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Explaining the Concepts - Page 156: 55

Answer

(b). On campus, the students are selected; they likely have (at least it is expected) a higher IQ overall. So, the difference between the best students and the worst students is not very high.

Work Step by Step

It is not expected that we will find many people with low IQ on campus. These people (low IQ) mixed with high IQ people would cause the standard deviation to increase, as in the home town.
Update this answer!

You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this answer.

Update this answer

After you claim an answer you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.