Duane took an intelligence test and achieved a score in the 85th percentile. What does this mean?
A) Of the comparable population, 85 percent got a higher score than Duane.
B) Duane correctly answered 85 percent of the questions on the test.
C) Duane correctly answered 15 percent of the questions on the test.
D) Of the comparable population, 15 percent got a higher score than Duane.

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Percentile refers to the percentage of the population that scored lower than the individual. Therefore, being in the 85th percentile means that 85% of the population scored lower than Duane, while 15% scored higher than him.

Duane Took an Intelligence Test and Achieved a Score in the 85th