QUIZ ON PERCENTILE

What is a percentile?

• A) A measure of central tendency
• B) A measure of variability
• C) A value below which a percentage of observations fall
• D) A type of data distribution

If a student is in the 80th percentile, what does that mean?

• A) They scored higher than 80% of their peers
• B) They scored lower than 80% of their peers
• C) They have an average score
• D) They are the top scorer

Which of the following is true about percentiles?

• A) They can only be used for ordinal data.
• B) Percentiles can be calculated for any data type.
• C) Percentiles are always whole numbers.
• D) The 100th percentile is the maximum value in the data set.

True or False: A percentile rank of 50 means the score is the median of the data set.

• True
• False

True or False: If two students have the same score, they will have the same percentile rank..

• True
• False