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6.38 Obtain the z-score that has an area of .95 to its right.

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Find the following z-scores
a. z0.03
b. z0.005

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6.38 Obtain the z-score that has an area of .95 to its right.
Assume that Z follows the standard normal distribution, then we need to find that z such that
Pr(Z>z)=0.95
By looking up the standard normal distribution table, we get
z= -1.645
So, the z-score that ...

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