Sara and Mark are students at IBS graduated from different majors as follow: -          Sara has graduated with a Finance diploma with an average of 68, where the averages of the finance students are normally distributed with a variance of 36 and a mean of 60. -          Mark has graduated with a Marketing diploma with an average of 72, where the averages of the marketing students are normally distributed with a variance of 49and a mean of 64.   Questions (support your answer by drawing some figures): a-      Without making any calculation, can you tell which student is better: Mark or Sara? Explain your answer. b-      What method can you use to compare the academic performance of Sara and Mark? And who is the better student according to this method

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Sara and Mark are students at IBS graduated from different majors as follow:

-          Sara has graduated with a Finance diploma with an average of 68, where the averages of the finance students are normally distributed with a variance of 36 and a mean of 60.

-          Mark has graduated with a Marketing diploma with an average of 72, where the averages of the marketing students are normally distributed with a variance of 49and a mean of 64.

 

Questions (support your answer by drawing some figures):

a-      Without making any calculation, can you tell which student is better: Mark or Sara? Explain your answer.

b-      What method can you use to compare the academic performance of Sara and Mark? And who is the better student according to this method

 

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