Mr. Brown owns two furniture stores. In store 1, the number of sofas sold per week by a salesperson is, on average, 13 per week, with a standard deviation of 3. In store 2, the number of sofas sold per week by a salesperson is, on average, 22 per week, with a standard deviation of 6.
Mr Brown has a position open for a person to sell sofas. There are two applicants, applicant 1 and applicant 2. He gets applicant 1 to work in store 1 for a week, and applicant 2 to work in store 2 for a week. Applicant 1 sells 14 sofas while applicant 2 sells 24 sofas.
What does applicant 1's sales figure correspond to in standardized variables?
What about applicant 2?
Which applicant should be hired? Enter 1 or 2.