Parents of students at a middle school were randomly selected to participate
in a survey. Forty-two out of 60 parents
who were surveyed support a proposal to
buy new computers. There are a total of
456 parents with students at the middle
school. Which is the best estimate of the
number of those parents likely to support
the new proposal?
A. 182
B. 319
C. 365
D. 438

If your score on your next statistics test is converted to a z score, which of these z scores would you prefer: minus2.00, minus1.00, 0, 1.00, 2.00? why? a. the z score of 2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations above the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. b. the z score of 0 is most preferable because it corresponds to a test score equal to the mean. c. the z score of minus2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations below the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. d. the z score of minus1.00 is most preferable because it is 1.00 standard deviation below the mean and would correspond to an above average