The college Physical Education Department offered an Advanced First Aid course last summer. The scores on...
In Professor Krugman's economics course, the correlation between the students' total scores prior to the final examination and their final-examination scores is r = 0.5. The pre-exam totals for all students in the course have mean 280 and standard deviation 40. The final-exam scores have mean 75 and standard deviation 8. Professor Krugman has lost Julie's final exam but knows that her total before the exam was 300. He decides to predict her final-exam score from her pre-exam total (a)...
A professor wanted to determine whether an online homework system improved scores on a final exam. In the fall semester, he taught a class using the online homework system (which meant students did their homework online and received instant feedback about their answers along with helpful guidance). I spring semester, he taught a class without the homework system (which meant students were responsible for doing their homework the old-fashioned way - paper and pencil). The professor made sure to teach...