A Percentile Point Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

A percentile point is

• A)the value of a score on a measurement scale below which a specified percentage of scores in a distribution fall
• B)a summary display that distributes the sum of percentages across a series of intervals
• C)an interval with no defined upper or lower boundary
• D)the range of values contained in each interval of a grouped frequency distribution

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Definitions:

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