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For a competition in a tennis match, the mean score was 83.2. Assume that you were...

  1. For a competition in a tennis match, the mean score was 83.2. Assume that you were told that your score of 87 placed you in the 84th percentile. Assuming that the data is bell-shaped, provide an estimate of the standard deviation of the test.

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Given that

mean score=83.2

P84=87

P(Z<=z)=0.84

z=normsinv(0.84)

z=0.994

Now,

87=83.2+0.994*SD

SD=(87-83.2)/0.994

SD=3.82

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