Question 242768: A student scored 10 percent on a test, and was in the 5th percentile. Explain these two numbers.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A student scored 10 percent on a test, and was in the 5th percentile. Explain these two numbers.
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The 10%: means that, on the average, the student had 1 correct answer for
every 10 questions asked.
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The 5th percentile means that 5% of the students did a worse job on
the test than the person at the 5th percentile.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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