🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 days agoAnon is a child prodigysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1385
arrow-up1385imageAnon is a child prodigysh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareTelemachus93@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 days agoStrictly speaking, a normal distribution doesn’t cap, neither at 0 nor at 200. Maybe the scores achievable by standardized tests do, of course.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agothey usually cap at 150. but yeah it’s not a hard cap, it’s an asymptotic curve. statistically the chance of getting 201 or higher is the same as getting -1 or lower.
Strictly speaking, a normal distribution doesn’t cap, neither at 0 nor at 200. Maybe the scores achievable by standardized tests do, of course.
they usually cap at 150. but yeah it’s not a hard cap, it’s an asymptotic curve. statistically the chance of getting 201 or higher is the same as getting -1 or lower.