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The shape of the curve showing the distribution of percentile rank is

Unlike raw scores (which often follow a bell-shaped normal curve), percentile ranks divide the total frequency distribution into 100 equal-sized groups, each containing…

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The shape of the curve showing the distribution of percentile rank is

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Unlike raw scores (which often follow a bell-shaped normal curve), percentile ranks divide the total frequency distribution into 100 equal-sized groups, each containing exactly 1% of the examinees. Because every percentile interval has an equal frequency, the graph of a distribution of percentile ranks is flat or Rectangular (uniform).

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