Standardized Scores
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1. Given a mean of 60, with a standard deviation of 12, and with a raw score of 75, find:
(a) the z-score
(b) percentile rank
(c) t-score
(d) SAT score
(e) stanine score
2. Sammy Slicko bets that he can flip a coin and come up heads every time. At what point in the coin toss (5 in a row, 6 in a row, or 7 in a row), can we present a case that the coin is rigged?
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Standardized Scores (z-score, percentile rank, t-score, SAT score, stanine score) are calculated, given mean, standard deviation and raw score.
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Use has been made of information at http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/dataanalysis/explaintestscores.htm for answering the questions
1. Given a mean of 60, with a standard deviation of 12, and with a raw score of 75, find:
(a) the z-score
Raw score=x= 75
Mean=M= 60
Standard deviation =s= 12
z=(x-M)/s= 1.25 =(75-60) / 12
Answer: 1.25
(b) percentile rank
"A percentile score indicates the percentage of people an individual did better than in a reference group. Example: A person scoring at the 84th percentile did better than 84% of those in the norming or reference group.
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z= 1.25
Probability value corresponding to Z = 1.25 = 0.8944 0r 89.44%
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