Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) scores are standardized scores designed to:
Range between 1 and 99.
Be comparable to percentile ranks but with the advantage of equal-interval properties like Z-scores.
This makes NCE scores useful in educational assessments, survey analysis, and statistical modeling.
Option A (Trend analysis): Incorrect. Not related to score standardization.
Option B (Correct): NCE fits the definition perfectly.
Option C (HCE) & D (MCE): Not recognized standard measures in statistics.
Option E: Incorrect, since Option B is valid.
Thus, the correct answer is Option B: Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE).
[Reference:, DASCA Data Scientist Knowledge Framework (DSKF) – Statistical Methods in Data Science: Z-scores, Percentiles, and NCE., ]
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