A Given Distribution Has a Mean of 50 and a Standard

question 107

Multiple Choice

A given distribution has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 5.When comparing a score of 55 to this distribution of scores, the percentile rank is _____, whereas comparing a mean of 55, based on a sample of 10, to a distribution of means created from this parent population will result in a percentile rank of _____.

• A) 1.00; 1.00
• B) 1.00; 3.16
• C) 3.16; 1.00
• D) 50.50; 55.10

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Definitions:

Cash Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It represents the share of earnings distributed.

Stock Dividends

A payment to shareholders in the form of additional shares of stock rather than cash.

Paid-in Capital

Funds raised by a company through the sale of its equity securities, excluding any par value of the shares.

Retained Earnings

The portion of net earnings not distributed as dividends to shareholders but retained by the company for reinvestment or debt payment.