A large retail company gives an employment screening test to all prospective employees.Franklin Gilman recently took the test and it was reported back to him that his score placed him at the 80th percentile.Therefore:
A)80 people who took the test scored below Franklin.
B)Franklin scored as high or higher than 80 percent of the people who took the test.
C)Franklin was in the bottom 20 percent of those that have taken the test.
D)Franlkin's score has a z-score of 80.

Question

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The 80th percentile means that Franklin scored as high or higher than 80% of the people who took the test. Therefore, choice B is correct. Choice A is incorrect because it assumes that the number of people who took the test is known. Choice C is incorrect because it is the opposite of what the percentile score indicates. Choice D is incorrect because the z-score is not mentioned in the problem.

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