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"Scores" means "groups of 20", just as "dozens" means "groups of 12". "Score" is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)ker-, meaning "to cut" (another English descendant is "shear"). English still uses the word "score" to refer to a notch or line made by a sharp instrument. Scores cut in wooden tally sticks were used in counting, a fact we still make unwitting reference to today when we talk about "keeping score". Sometime in the history of the Germanic languages, the word for the notch used to record the number 20 became a word for the number itself.
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What are some things that come in pairs of 10?
Scores.
How do you find the scores at the 60th percentile in a set of 200 scores?
You can't do this without knowing the distribution of scores.
Are normal scores the same as z-scores?
They should be.
When did the term Integrated Operations first come about?
Was Gen Myers the first one to coin this term in 2004?
What is the statistical difference between a mean and a median?
Mean and median are two of the measures of central tendency. They are numbers that give you information about a group of scores. This is important, because you can't very well go around reciting all the scores of a given sample whenever you need to look at or use the sample. The mean is another term for simple average. You add up all the individual scores, and then divide the sum by the number of scores. If your scores are:1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, and 90 then you take their sum, 124, and divide it by 7, the number of scores. You get 17.71, the mean. The mean takes into account the value of every single score. This means that the value of every single score "pulls" the mean toward itself. If any value changes, the mean changes. The median is the score that divides the collection of scores in such a way that half the scores are smaller, and half the scores are larger. Using the same scores above, (they have to be in order) you see that 6, the middle score, divides the group of scores in this way. Three scores are lower, and three are higher. So 6 is the median score. When you have an even number of scores, go half-way between the two middle-most scores. You can see that you could change the actual values of the scores in any number of ways, and still have the same median. This may seem odd, but there may be times when you want your 'estimate' of the population value to be "higher than correct" no more often than it is "lower than correct".
Where did the term recap come from?
Recap is an abbreviation of recapitulate, to summarize in brief, originating in the 1920s particularly used in quickly and briefly broadcasting sports scores.
Do C.S.T. scores come in the mail?
yes.
What is the term for when most scores in a data set are toward one end of the range of scores?
This is known as a skewed data set.
When will 2010 FCAT scores come out?
4 months!
When do your CST scores come to your house?
late august
What are some things that come in pairs of 10?
Scores.
How come some of the judges scores in the Olympics are blue?
The highest and lowest judge scores are removed, and the remaining are averaged to get the final score. The scores that are removed are dimmed / blue.
When will the 2009 FCAT scores come in?
ur life time
When do new york state test results come back?
It's July 12 and it hasn't come yet. My teacher told me the scores will come around July. Unless your from New York and you are waiting for the test scores, this information will help you. So, please wait and just email the Board of Education at related link asking when the Test Scores will come if your really curious and impatient.
When do TAKS scores come back?
On special occasions it may come in two weeks. Like if your principal had the scores with her/him and decided to share it with you early. Usually it comes at the last day of school or the month after you took the test.
What are December 2010 army promotion scores?
They come out Oct 26th... I was under the impression they come out Oct 22nd..
Where does the word peels in lawn bowls come from?
the scores chime? ergo peals
