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big baby, and my baby stats are 8.1 pounds, length 21.5 inches, head circumference 16.5 inches. According to my research on www.babycenter.com my height = above percentile 95, my weight = between percentile 50 and 75, (tall and skinny like I am now), head circumference = above percentile 95. My Dad told me that at the age of oneMy percentile increased to 150%. The doctor said I could be 7 feet tall if I continued growing like that rate. An article from BBC.com states that “You get your and…

A. What do Trait theorists think is the basis for personality? Trait theories focuses on traits, responses based on characteristics, and broad ideas of personality. With this theory we describe individuals based on the way they behave. Trait theorists believe that traits are the structure of personality. Gordon Allport claims that everyone’s distinctive traits and their ability to adapt to the world can define personality. The lexical approach explains that if a certain trait is crucial to an…

statistically, that student’s GPA’s can still exhibit a variety of rankings despite the grade inflation. Even though this evidence may be true, I believe that knowledge and grading is beyond a student’s GPA. Take Eva for example, who scored in the 70th percentile. With the bell curve, the author proves that it would be particularly unlikely for her to score two standard deviations above or below her average. This statistical angle shows that higher education grading methods with inflation can…

the best pitches. As with the ESPN data, a players’ year-to-year profile stays reasonably static. There’s a strong correlation of about .73 between a players current “In Play Percentile Ranks” and his rankings the following year. There is a smaller correlation of .516 between a players’ current “wOBA against strikes” percentile rank and his rank in the following year. All in all, it shows that we can be reasonably certain that a player that swings at bad pitches will continue to do so in the…

The Orioles recently resigned Chris Davis to a 7 year and $161 million dollar contract. As Jon wrote at the time (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2016/01/orioles-go-slightly-bananas-and-sign.html), Davis brings to the immediate a strong bat with a heavy right handed favored split. It’s pretty simple honestly, people like Chris Davis because he has elite power and can absolutely crush pitches. Meanwhile, CBS Sports…

administered to Jessica. Jessica earned a Core Language Index score of 69 with a corresponding percentile rank of 2 placing her in the very low/severe range of functioning. Jessica earned a Receptive Language Index score of 90 with a corresponding percentile rank of 25 placing her in the average range of functioning. Jessica earned an Expressive Language Index score of 61 with a corresponding percentile rank of .5 placing her in the very low/severe range of functioning. There is a…

abilities and when combined together they form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which all together make up the Full-Scale IQ score. Matthew obtained a score of 72 (3rd percentile) on the Full Scale Index and this index was within the Very Low range. His performance across the various indexes ranged from Extremely Low to Low Average.…

that obesity affects about 12.7 million children and adolescents. In order for a child to be considered overweight or obese, body mass index (BMI) for age percentile will be determined. If a child's BMI for age percentile is greater than 86 percent and less than 95 percent is considered overweight. However, if a child's BMI for age percentile is greater than 95 percent, then it is considered obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Children that are considered obese could…

The breakdown of my Big 5 test results: Extraversion: 19th percentile (very low) - According to the extraversion facets, I have low levels of activity referring to always being on the go and staying busy. I must say it varies on the day, I usually want to stay busy only with my schoolwork but sometimes I try to stay busy with other things. I have very high levels of assertiveness which I believe described me accurately since I tend to usually want to lead others and take charge that way things…

and finally N meaning neuroticism. Under the openness to experience category, I scored in the 30th percentile. With higher scores tending to be original, creative, curious, complex and lower scores tending to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, and uncreative; the test concluded that I am somewhat conventional. In the conscientiousness category, I scored under the 89th percentile. Since high…