PGP110005 Weekly questions

(A) Given = 1319.5

This mean there are 1320 students scored lower than Frank.

B=? E=1 n=1500 percentile=88 Total number of students = 1500 No. of students scored lower than Frank = 1320

The number of students scored higher than Frank = 1500 - 1320 - 1

= 179

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(B)

Given = 1424.5

= 1425 B=? E=1 n=1500 Number of students = 1500 percentile=95, No. of students that scored lower than Mary = 1425

Students scored higher than Mary = 1500 - 1425 - 1

= 74

Mary is at 95th percentile which meant there are 95% (1425) of students scored lower than her. She is at the top five percent and there are 74 students scored higher than her.

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(C) Percentile rank for the highest score is 99th percentile.

(D) Given = 1349.5 = 1350 B=? Total number of students = 1500 E=1 n=1500 percentile=90, The number of students scored higher than the 90th percentile = 1500-1350-1 No. of Students scored lower than the 90th percentile = 1350

= 149 149 of the students earned A.

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(E) In getting the real picture of my performance in a test, I would like to be evaluated on percentile rank rather than the percentage. Through percentage evaluation, it will show only the score and not my overall performance. So, from my point of view, percentile evaluation is the best evaluation to use.