To Explain: that the researcher placed at 73rd percentile.
Answer to Problem T2.1SPT
Pete did better than about 73% of the test takers.
Explanation of Solution
The 73rd percentile is data point where 73% of the entire data is less than or equal to the data point. It also means that 27% of the data is greater than or equal to the data point so it means that researcher’s score had about 73% of all test scores below it and therefore the researcher score is better than about 73% of all test takers.
Hence, the correct option is (e)
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