Which Score Has a Higher Relative Position, a Score of 43.5

question 124

Multiple Choice

Which score has a higher relative position, a score of 43.5 on a test with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 9, or a score of 304 on a test with a mean of 226 and a standard deviation of 52? (Assume that the distributions being compared have approximately the same shape.)

• A)A score of 304
• B)A score of 43.5
• C)Both scores have the same relative position.

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