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The table shows the top 15 universities in a recent international rank
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11 May 2020, 01:02
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The table shows the top 15 universities in a recent international ranking of programs in physics and astronomy. Each university was assigned a score on a 100-point scale in each of several categories, from which a total score on a 100-point scale was computed. For each university, the table displays the total score together with the scores in 3 categories: academic, based on evaluation by academics at other universities; employer, based on evaluation by companies that recruit university graduates; and citations, based on the frequency with which faculty research is cited.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true based on the information provided; otherwise select No.
| Rank | University | Country | Academic score | Employer score | Citations score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 100 | 100 | 41.3 | 82.4 |
| 2 | Harvard University | United States | 91.6 | 78 | 53.8 | 77.5 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 91.6 | 75.7 | 39.9 | 72.9 |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States | 97.4 | 61.2 | 39.5 | 72.8 |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States | 90.8 | 48.5 | 45.2 | 68.7 |
| 6 | Stanford University | United States | 81.7 | 38.4 | 53 | 64.4 |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States | 81.5 | 40.7 | 39.2 | 60.7 |
| 8 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 70.2 | 63.8 | 33.2 | 57.8 |
| 9 | Princeton University | United States | 76.4 | 30.3 | 44.1 | 57.5 |
| 10 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) | Switzerland | 69.6 | 42.2 | 46.9 | 57.3 |
| 11 | University of Tokyo | Japan | 79.7 | 34.6 | 22.7 | 53.6 |
| 12 | University of Chicago | United States | 57.1 | 34.4 | 53.3 | 51.4 |
| 13 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 55.9 | 51.3 | 43 | 51.1 |
| 14 | University of Melbourne | Australia | 46.6 | 41.5 | 64.4 | 50.9 |
| 15 | Columbia University | United States | 46.2 | 44 | 61.9 | 50.5 |
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true based on the information provided; otherwise select No.
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| Yes | No | |
| For each of the United States universities listed, the employer score is less than the total score. | ||
| For only one university listed, the employer score and the citations score are both greater than 50. | ||
| University of Tokyo is the university for which the magnitude of the difference between the academic score and the total score is greatest. |
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For each of the United States universities listed, the employer score is less than the total score.: No
For only one university listed, the employer score and the citations score are both greater than 50.: Yes
University of Tokyo is the university for which the magnitude of the difference between the academic score and the total score is greatest.: Yes
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For each of the United States universities listed, the employer score is less than the total score.
Sorting on Country brings the 9 United States universities to the bottom of the table. Starting from the top of this list and working downward, the employer score is less than the total score for both Caltech (40.7 employer, 60.7 total) and Columbia University (44.0 employer, 50.5 total), but for Harvard University (78.0 employer, 77.5 total) the order is reversed.
The correct answer is No.
For only one university listed, the employer score and the citations score are both greater than 50.
Sorting on Employer score reveals that there are 6 universities—from University of Cambridge through UCLA in order from greatest to least—for which the employer score is greater than 50. Among these, only Harvard University has a citations score (53.8) that is also greater than 50.
The correct answer is Yes.
University of Tokyo is the university for which the magnitude of the difference between the academic score and the total score is greatest.
University of Tokyo's academic score is 79.7 and total score is 53.6, so the magnitude of the difference between these values is 79.7 − 53.6, or 26.1. By scanning the original table—already sorted on Total score—from top to bottom, it is relatively straightforward to eliminate all other universities for which the magnitude of the difference is less than 20. This process of elimination leaves only 3 other universities to check: MIT (97.4 academic, 72.8 total: difference 24.6), UCB (90.8 academic, 68.7 total: difference 22.1), Caltech (81.5 academic, 60.7 total: difference 20.8). Since 26.1 is greater than 24.6, 22.1, and 20.8, University of Tokyo is the school for which the magnitude of the difference is greatest.
The correct answer is Yes.
For each of the United States universities listed, the employer score is less than the total score.
Sorting on Country brings the 9 United States universities to the bottom of the table. Starting from the top of this list and working downward, the employer score is less than the total score for both Caltech (40.7 employer, 60.7 total) and Columbia University (44.0 employer, 50.5 total), but for Harvard University (78.0 employer, 77.5 total) the order is reversed.
The correct answer is No.
For only one university listed, the employer score and the citations score are both greater than 50.
Sorting on Employer score reveals that there are 6 universities—from University of Cambridge through UCLA in order from greatest to least—for which the employer score is greater than 50. Among these, only Harvard University has a citations score (53.8) that is also greater than 50.
The correct answer is Yes.
University of Tokyo is the university for which the magnitude of the difference between the academic score and the total score is greatest.
University of Tokyo's academic score is 79.7 and total score is 53.6, so the magnitude of the difference between these values is 79.7 − 53.6, or 26.1. By scanning the original table—already sorted on Total score—from top to bottom, it is relatively straightforward to eliminate all other universities for which the magnitude of the difference is less than 20. This process of elimination leaves only 3 other universities to check: MIT (97.4 academic, 72.8 total: difference 24.6), UCB (90.8 academic, 68.7 total: difference 22.1), Caltech (81.5 academic, 60.7 total: difference 20.8). Since 26.1 is greater than 24.6, 22.1, and 20.8, University of Tokyo is the school for which the magnitude of the difference is greatest.
The correct answer is Yes.
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Re: The table shows the top 15 universities in a recent international rank
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11 May 2020, 03:19
11 May 2020, 03:19
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1)No,Harvard(ES>TS) and UCLA (ES>TS) are exceptions
2)Yes, only for Harvard both ES and CS are greater than 50
3)Yes,Tokyo University has the greatest difference between the Academic and the total score and difference is =79.7-53.6=26.1
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2)Yes, only for Harvard both ES and CS are greater than 50
3)Yes,Tokyo University has the greatest difference between the Academic and the total score and difference is =79.7-53.6=26.1
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