6.50 A distribution of scores and the General Social Survey: Refer to the previous exercise. Again, pretend that the GSS sample is the entire population of interest.

a. Imagine that you randomly selected one person from this population who reported that he had 18 close friends. Would you compare his score to a distribution of scores or to a distribution of means? Explain your answer

b. What is his z score? Based on this z score, what is his approximate percentile?

c. Does it make sense to calculate a percentile for this person? Explain your answer. (Hint: Consider the shape of the distribution.)