A student is told that her score on an exam is at the 50th percentile of the distribution of scores. This means that:
A) her score was equal to or lower than approximately 50 percent of the people who took this exam.
B) her score was equal to or higher than approximately 50 percent of the people who took this exam.
C) her score was the median score for people who took the exam.
D) if the distribution of scores was symmetric, her score would be close to the mean score for everyone who took the exam.
E) All answer choices are correct.

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Being at the 50th percentile means the student's score was equal to or lower than about 50% of the exam takers (A), equal to or higher than about 50% of the exam takers (B), represents the median score (C), and if the distribution is symmetric, the 50th percentile would be close to the mean score (D).

A Student Is Told That Her Score on an Exam