What Scoring System Is Standardized to Have a Mean of 5

question 77

Multiple Choice

What scoring system is standardized to have a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of approximately 2?

• A)Decile
• B)McCall's T
• C)Stanine
• D)Quartile

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