Use the following raw scores to answer the questions below. 29      21     19     29     20     28     28     29     32      29     15   19 = _____%tile   Find the Mean and Standard Deviation of the scores in Excel. mean   =                      Standard Deviation =   Convert the first three raw scores in the list on the previous page (29, 21, & 19) to z-scores.

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  1. Use the following raw scores to answer the questions below.

29      21     19     29     20     28     28     29     32      29     15

 

19 = _____%tile

 

  1. Find the Mean and Standard Deviation of the scores in Excel.

mean   =                      Standard Deviation =

 

  1. Convert the first three raw scores in the list on the previous page (29, 21, & 19) to z-scores.

 

29 = ___________         21 = ____________           19 = _____________

 

  1. You administer a psychological test that has a normal distribution in the population. You know the Mean = 100 and the Standard Deviation = 15. Order the following (a-e) from smallest to largest.

 

  1. Raw Score of 86
  2. Z-Score of 1.5
  3. Percentile Rank of 98%
  4. Score that is 0.5 Standard Deviations below the Mean
  5. T-score of 80

 

_________    _________    _________    _________    _________

 

  1. Eleanor scores 690 on the SAT math test. The normal distribution of SAT math scores has a mean of 500 and standard deviation of 100.  Gerald takes the American College Testing (ACT) Mathematics test and scores 24.  ACT scores also follow a normal distribution with a mean of 18 and standard deviation of 6.  Find the standardized scores (z-scores) for both students. Assuming that both tests measure the same ability, who has the higher score?

 

Eleanor z-score _________             Gerald z-score _________      

 

Higher scorer is ___________________

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