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19 Oct 2007, 1:25 pm
Well, he gave me a bunch of little tests, ranging from patterns and design recollection, to maths and language skills. The test I got 99th on was spelling.
The main reason I asked was because I got a little freaked out. The way my mind saw it was on a first to last basis, with 1st being the best, and 100th being the worst. So, when I saw "99th" I thought I'd come in "99th place" out of 100, so to speak, meaning I'd done very badly, but it seems that's not how it works...
It's all still a little confusing to me the way they do it 
but thanks for explaining it to me 
19 Oct 2007, 1:32 pm
Anniemaniac wrote:
Well, he gave me a bunch of little tests, ranging from patterns and design recollection, to maths and language skills. The test I got 99th on was spelling.
The main reason I asked was because I got a little freaked out. The way my mind saw it was on a first to last basis, with 1st being the best, and 100th being the worst. So, when I saw "99th" I thought I'd come in "99th place" out of 100, so to speak, meaning I'd done very badly, but it seems that's not how it works...
It's all still a little confusing to me the way they do it but thanks for explaining it to me
The main reason I asked was because I got a little freaked out. The way my mind saw it was on a first to last basis, with 1st being the best, and 100th being the worst. So, when I saw "99th" I thought I'd come in "99th place" out of 100, so to speak, meaning I'd done very badly, but it seems that's not how it works...
It's all still a little confusing to me the way they do it
but thanks for explaining it to me So what that test score means is that you are probably a very good speller, since on that test you performed better than 99% of people.
19 Oct 2007, 1:47 pm
LostInSpace wrote:
So what that test score means is that you are probably a very good speller, since on that test you performed better than 99% of people.
Ok, Thank you
So that would mean a score of 4th, would mean I was very bad at a particular test (quantitative reasoning, which I assume is maths)?
This is making a bit more sense now, since I'm hopeless at maths, so 4th would be accurate if it means I did badly.
19 Oct 2007, 4:07 pm
Anniemaniac wrote:
LostInSpace wrote:
So what that test score means is that you are probably a very good speller, since on that test you performed better than 99% of people.
Ok, Thank you
So that would mean a score of 4th, would mean I was very bad at a particular test (quantitative reasoning, which I assume is maths)?This is making a bit more sense now, since I'm hopeless at maths, so 4th would be accurate if it means I did badly.
Yes. Obviously I'm not familiar with the particulars of the test you took, but generally a score in the 4th percentile would fall into the range of impairment, or at least low ability, as it is more than one standard deviation below the mean. It's certainly below average. The range of percentile scores considered to be within the average range are generally the 16th to the 84th percentiles.
19 Oct 2007, 5:33 pm
Ok, thank you again for your help
