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TUTORIAL: EXERCISE 4

a. Percentile rank = if the student got a score of 40 on this test (correctly


answered 40 items), 78 percent of the people in the norm group correctly
answer less than 40 items.
z-score = When teachers convert raw score to z scores, they are giving equal
weighs to each assignment, quiz and exam.
X (raw f PR F(x) _ _2 _2 Z ETS
score) (frequency) (x-x) (x-x) f (x-x)
14 1 97.5 14 14-25.6= - 134.56 134.56 -2.45 255
11.6
21 1 97.5 21 21-25.5= - 21.16 21.16 -2.45 255
4.6
24 1 97.5 21 24-25.6= - 2.56 2.56 -2.46 254
1.6
25 2 95.0 50 25-25.6= - 0.36 0.72 -2.50 250
0.6
26 6 85.0 156 26-25.6= 0.16 0.96 2.50 750
0.4
27 5 87.5 135 27-25.6= 1.96 9.80 2.46 746
1.4
28 4 90.0 112 28-25.6= 5.76 23.04 2.45 745
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b. Table for answer (b)

c. Hannah will have a percentile score of 90.0

16+ ½ (4) = 18
18/20 x 100
= 90.0

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