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Title: What is the rank of the score 7 in the following distribution?
Post by: nkoszewski on Feb 24, 2016
What is the rank of the score 7 in the following distribution?

10, 9, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1

a) 6.0
b) 4.0
c) 3.5
d) 2.0
e) 3.0


Title: Re: What is the rank of the score 7 in the following distribution?
Post by: bolbol on Nov 28, 2023
To find the rank of a score in a distribution, we need to first sort the scores in ascending order. The sorted distribution is:

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 9, 10

The rank of a score is the position of the score in the sorted distribution. Since there are two scores of 7 in the distribution, we take the average of their positions to get the rank of 7. The positions of the two 7’s are 6 and 7, so the rank of 7 is (6 + 7) / 2 = 6.5.

Therefore, the answer is not one of the options provided.