WorksheetsQUIZ ON PERCENTILE
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a percentile?
a)
A) A measure of central tendency
b)
B) A measure of variability
c)
C) A value below which a percentage of observations fall
d)
D) A type of data distribution
2.
If a student is in the 80th percentile, what does that mean?
a)
A) They scored higher than 80% of their peers
b)
B) They scored lower than 80% of their peers
c)
C) They have an average score
d)
D) They are the top scorer
3.
Which of the following is true about percentiles?
a)
A) They can only be used for ordinal data.
b)
B) Percentiles can be calculated for any data type.
c)
C) Percentiles are always whole numbers.
d)
D) The 100th percentile is the maximum value in the data set.
4.
True or False: A percentile rank of 50 means the score is the median of the data set.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
True or False: If two students have the same score, they will have the same percentile rank..
a)
True
b)
False
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