You Have Just Taken a Standardized Skills Test Designed to Help

Multiple Choice

You have just taken a standardized skills test designed to help you make a career choice. Your math skills score was 63 and your writing skills score was 45. The standardized math distribution is normally distributed, with m = 50, and s = 8. The writing skills score distribution is also normally distributed, with m = 30, and s = 10. Based on this information, as between pursuing a career that requires good math skills or one requiring good writing skills, you should chose _________.

A) neither, your skills are below average in both
B) the career requiring good math skills.
C) neither, this approach is bogus; dream interpretation should be used instead.
D) the career requiring good writing skills.