SOLUTION: John receives a 65% on his math test. Assume that the average grade on the test for his class was 44% with a standard deviation of 8%. a. b. Compute Johns standardized s

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Question 1104938: John receives a 65% on his math test. Assume that the average grade on the test for his class was 44% with a standard deviation of 8%. a. b. Compute Johns standardized score for his test grade. Relatively speaking, just how well did John do on his test?
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
mean is 44.
standard deviation is 8.
z-score is (65-44)/8 = 2.625.
he did phenominal.
better than 99.5% of his class.

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