You have just received your psychology exam grade and you did better than the mean of the exam scores. If so, the z transformed value of your grade must
A) be greater than 1.00
B) must be greater than 0.00
C) have a percentile rank greater than 50%
D) can't determine with information given
E) must be greater than 0.00 and have a percentile rank greater than 50%.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

If the individual received a grade higher than the mean, their z-score must be positive, so it is greater than 0.00. Additionally, if they performed better than the mean, their percentile rank is also likely to be above 50%. Therefore, both conditions in choice E must be true.

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