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Question About Skills Test/Percentiles - Non-MT related
Posted: Sep 08, 2014
I took some skills tests, non-MT related, and I'm not sure how to interpret something. I received a 90% (that part I get) which put me in the 56th percentile, and average of 67%. I THINK I know that the 67% means the average people got, who took that test. Is that correct? I don't understand at all the percentile part (the 56.) What does that mean exactly? Thanks!
this is what I found - anon
[ In Reply To ..]The concept may be easier to understand by comparison with percentage scores. A simple example would be a test with 100 problems, each worth 1% of the test. If a student answers 80 problems correctly, he scores 80%. In some cases, performance may be graded over ranges, for example, an �A� grade may indicate 90% or more, a �B� grade, 80-89% and so on. These grades may be based on the numbers of students who would typically be expected to fall within each category, but in themselves do not constitute a comparison with other students. If this student�s performance in the test is in the 95th percentile, 95% of those who took the test scored 80% or less, or to put it another way, he is in the top 5%.
Per GOOGLE > "PERCENTILE"
Percentile - sm
[ In Reply To ..]If you scored at the 56th percentile, 56% of the scores were lower than yours. The rest were higher.
In other words, the score of 90 was right about in the middle.
Thanks! - OP
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