A large retail company gives an employment screening test to all prospective employees.If a prospective employee receives a report saying that she scored at the 40^th percentile: A)she scored above the median. B)she scored better than 40 percent of people who took the test. C)she scored in the top 40 percent of people who took the test. D)her z-score was a 40.

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The given score indicates that the prospective employee scored better than 40 percent of people who took the test. The score does not give any information about the median or z-score, and it does not necessarily mean that the person scored in the top 40 percent of test takers (since the percentile only takes into account those who took the test and not the entire population).

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