Dorinda tells you that her 12-year-old cousin recently completed an intelligence test that translated raw scores into deviation IQ scores.Dorinda knows that her cousin's deviation IQ score was 75, but she is not sure what this means.You should tell her that her cousin:

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A deviation IQ score of 75 means that the cousin scored below the mean for their age group. Deviation IQ scores are standardized scores, with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Therefore, a score of 75 is one standard deviation below the mean (100 - 15 = 85; 85 - 10 = 75), indicating below-average performance compared to other 12-year-olds who took the test.

Dorinda Tells You That Her 12-Year-Old Cousin Recently Completed an Intelligence