KatherineStrethom
May 11, 2010, 03:21 AM
Although there is some controversy regarding the appropriatness of IQ scores as a measure of intellegence, IQ scores are commonly used for a variety of purposes. One commonly used IQ scaled has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 and scores approximatly normall distributed. One way to become eligible for membership in Mensa, an organization purportedly for those of high intelligence, is to have a Stanford-Binet IQ score of above 130.
I) What proportion of the population would qualify for Mensa membership?
ii) What is the proportion of the population with IQ scores below 80?
iii) What is the proportion of the populaltion with IQ scores between 75 and 125?
iv) Between what values do the IQ scores of the middle 95% of individuals fall?
I) What proportion of the population would qualify for Mensa membership?
ii) What is the proportion of the population with IQ scores below 80?
iii) What is the proportion of the populaltion with IQ scores between 75 and 125?
iv) Between what values do the IQ scores of the middle 95% of individuals fall?