5. Dr. Canis wants to choose the best dog in his kennel to be a guide dog, and i

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5. Dr. Canis wants to choose the best dog in his kennel to be a guide dog, and is evaluating the test scores of two dogs, Lexi and Buddy. Buddy scores 29 on a trainability test and Lexi scores 41 on an obedience test. Dogs generally average a 35 on the obedience test with a standard deviation of 3, and average 23 on the trainability test with a standard deviation of 2. Which of the following is most accurate about Dr. Canis's situation? a. Lexi is a good choice because there is a higher mean for that test. b. Buddy is a good choice because he is more standard deviations above the mean than Lexi c. Both dogs are an equally good choice since they score the same above their mean. d. He should choose the dog with the higher individual score. e. He cannot calculate z scores since there is no information about the shape of the distributions f. He should calculate the variance for each dog to determine who is farther from average.

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F) he should calculate the variance for each dog to determine who is farther from average

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