- Check the conditions for a [latex]t[/latex]-distribution, then use a [latex]t[/latex]-distribution to calculate probabilities when appropriate.
Working Through College
Many undergraduate students are employed at the same time they are enrolled in school. In 2020, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that [latex]40\%[/latex] of full-time students worked.[1] Being employed while in school can help a student pay for tuition, housing, and other expenses, but it can also be associated (either positively or negatively) with a student’s academic performance.
A random sample of [latex]15[/latex] employed full-time students at a large university was selected for a survey on employment. The following is the number of hours (in increasing order) worked per week for each of those [latex]15[/latex] students:
2 5 7 10 16 19 19 22 23 26 27 27 31 40 50
Step 2: Enter a descriptive name for the variable (e.g., Hours Worked per Week).
Step 3: Copy and paste the observations above into the statistical tool.
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- U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. (2020). College student employment. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/ssa/college-student-employment ↵