A class of 135 students took a final examination in mathematics. The scores were normally distributed with a mean score of 68% and a standard deviation of 8.5%. Determine the percentile rank of each of the following people:(a) Jennifer, who scored 78 %(b) Steven, who got 55 %(c) Jessica, who was very happy with her mark of 89 %

Given : n = 135 Mean = μ = 68 Standard deviation = σ = 8.5

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A class of 135 students took a final examination in mathematics. The scores were normally distributed with a mean score of 68% and a standard deviation of 8.5%. Determine the percentile rank of each of the following people:

(a) Jennifer, who scored 78 %
(b) Steven, who got 55 %
(c) Jessica, who was very happy with her mark of 89 %

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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