If a Test Taker Made a Score of 40 on a 100-Item

question 7

Multiple Choice

If a test taker made a score of 40 on a 100-item test, what interpretation can we make of this score? ​

• A)The score lies at the 40th percentile.
• B)The test taker did poorly because he or she only got 40% of the items correct. ​
• C)The test taker's performance was below the median of the test. ​
• D)Nothing can be interpreted without additional information.

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Definitions:

Incorrect Decision

A decision based on data analysis or hypothesis testing that incorrectly accepts the null hypothesis or wrongly rejects it, leading to a Type I or Type II error.

Type II Error

The error that occurs when a statistical test fails to reject a false null hypothesis; also known as a "false negative."

True Null Hypothesis

The assumption or premise that there is no effect, difference, or relationship between the variables being studied, which might be rejected or not rejected based on statistical analysis.

Rejecting

In statistical hypothesis testing, the act of concluding that the null hypothesis is unlikely given the data, often signaled by a test statistic that falls outside a specified significance level.