Instead of reporting specific grades, Paul's psychology professor always provides students with a standard deviation score so they can compute their percentile rank. Given a standard deviation score of +2, Paul determines that his percentile rank is _____.

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A standard deviation score of +2 indicates that Paul's score is 2 standard deviations above the mean. In a normal distribution, this corresponds to being higher than approximately 97.5% of the population, placing him in the 97.5th percentile.

Instead of Reporting Specific Grades, Paul's Psychology Professor Always Provides