INSTRUCTIONS. This assignment is worth 10 points. There are 2 extra credit points possible. Answer the following
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INSTRUCTIONS. This assignment is worth 10 points. There are 2 extra credit points possible. Answer the following questions and show your work. *Round z scores, percentiles, and percentages to hundredths (2 decimal places) and z areas to ten thousandths (4 decimal places). This assignment is due on September 15.
Colleges currently rely on two measures of academic potential: the SAT and the ACT. The SAT has a mean score of 1016 and standard deviation of 212. The ACT has mean score of 21 and standard deviation of 4.7. Given this information, answer questions 1 through 8.
(2 points) Would it be better to have a score of 25 on the ACT or 1075 on the SAT? Show your work to support your answer.
(1 point) Skippy received a score of 1440 on the SAT. What was Skippy’s percentile? Show your work.
(1 point) Giovanni placed in the 46th percentile on the SAT. What was his raw score? Show your work.
(1 point) Justin scored a 15 on the ACT. What was Justin’s percentile? Show your work.
(1 point) Elizabeth placed in the 60th percentile on the ACT. What was her raw score? Show your work.
Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324300987
10th Edition
Authors: Loren A Nikolai, D. Bazley and Jefferson P. Jones