The percentile value for a given raw score must always be at least 50 or above whenever
A) the mean is greater than the raw score
B) the raw score is more than 1 percentage point away from the mean
C) the equivalent z score is greater than 50
D) the equivalent z score is positive

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A positive z-score indicates that the raw score is above the mean. Since percentiles rank the position of a score within a distribution, with 50 being the median (or the mean in a perfectly symmetrical distribution), a score above the mean would have a percentile rank greater than 50.

The Percentile Value for a Given Raw Score Must Always