If a Student Places in the 99^th Percentile on an Exam

question 51

Multiple Choice

If a student places in the 99^th percentile on an exam, she performed better than 99% of all students who completed the exam. Her performance is similar to a statement based on a __________.

• A) Frequency table
• B) Cumulative frequency distribution
• C) Histogram
• D) Pie chart

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of a characteristic in a population, representing the central tendency of the population data.

Confidence Interval

A confidence interval is a range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter at a given confidence level.

Variability

Describes the spread or dispersion of a set of data points within a dataset, indicating how much the data points differ from each other.

Population Standard Error

A measure of the estimation uncertainty in predicting a population parameter based on a sample statistic.