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stanine

stanine noun: a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a mean of five and a standard deviation of two.

Noun

stanine (plural stanines)

  1. a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a mean of five and a standard deviation of two

Forms of stanine

pluralstanines

Origin of stanine

Blend of standard + nine.

Questions about stanine

What does stanine mean?
Stanine means a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a mean of five and a standard deviation of two.
What part of speech is stanine?
Stanine is a noun.
What is the plural of stanine?
The plural of stanine is stanines.

Words near stanine in the dictionary

  1. Stanifers
  2. Staniford
  3. Staniforth
  4. Staniljub
  5. Stanimir
  6. stanine
  7. stanines
  8. Stanion
  9. Stanions
  10. Stanis
  11. Stanises

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