Meeting Standards and Standings
Meeting Standards and Standings
STANDINGS
CHAPTER 6
Standard Units
Z=X–X
S
If you’re dealing with a sample,
Z=X–X
Characteristics of z-scores
Positive – greater than the mean
Z = 60 – 12.68 = 4.51
10.49
Z = 73 – 37.02 = 3.73
9.64
X
Mean
Standard dev.
Other than Z’s
T – Score (Nearest whole number)
- mean of 50 and stdev of 10
- T = (z)(10) + 50
C – Score (Nearest whole number)
- mean of 500 and stdev of 100
- SAT = (z)(100)+500
IQ Score (Nearest whole number)
- mean is 100 and its stdev is 16
- IQ = (z)(16)+100
Rank.Eq and Rank.Avg
The trick is to enter the right kind of numbers into the Quart box — 1 for
the 25th percentile, 2 for the 50th, 3 for the 75th, and 4 for the 100th.
Entering 0 into the Quart box gives you the lowest score in the group.
DATA ANALYSIS TOOL: RANK AND PERCENTILE
Excel provides a data analysis tool that calculates ranks and percentiles of each score in a
group.
For Mac Users StatPlus LE provides a Rank and Percentile tool that’s similar to
the Analysis ToolPak version. To access it, select Statistics | Nonparametric Statistics | Rank
and Percentile from the StatPlus menu bar.
SCORE
65
41
85
67
78
48 IDENTIFY:
88
39
1. STANDARDIZE SCORES
69
79
85
87
33
36
76
MEAN 65.06667
ST.DEV.P 18.91582
SCORE
65
41
85
67 IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING:
78
48 1. RANK.EQ
88 2. RANK.AVG
39 3. LARGE(HIGHEST TO LOWEST)
69 4. SMALL(LOWEST TO HIGHEST)
79
85
87
33
36
76
SCORE K
65 0.95
41 0.9
85 0.85
67 0.8
78 0.75
48 0.7
88 0.65 USING THE SAME DATA IDENTIFY THE
39 0.6 FOLLOWING:
69 0.55
79 0.5
85 0.45 1. PERCENTILE.INC
87 0.4 2. PERCENTILE.EXC
33 0.35 3. QUARTILE.INC
36 0.3 4. QUARTILE.EXC
76 0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
ACTIVITY
POINT SCORE
76 87
70 85
78 89
79 74
65 77
45 76
87 78
56 55
64 65
75 85
66 95
69 87
29 86
41 88
38 83
34 80
54 80
52 70
46 70
28 76
20 69