Question

a student is interested in knowing what percentage of their peers scored below them on the history exam. what statistic would you recommend?

○ percentile
○ standard deviation
○ median
○ percentile rank

Explanation:

The percentile of a score represents the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution that are equal to or lower than it. Standard - deviation measures the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. The median is the middle value in a sorted list of numbers. Percentile rank is the percentage of scores that a particular score is greater than or equal to. So, percentile is the correct statistic for finding the percentage of peers who scored below a particular student.

Answer:

percentile