Skewed distributions

[Will T]

I thought this was interesting, type in the subject "Music Investigation" into VCE High Achievers 2012 and have a look at the scores listed. The website is "http://www.theage.com.au/national/tertiary-education/victorias-top-students-20121218-2bkww.html" in case it helps.

Because nothing says the results are bell-curved quite like having 41% of all study scores above 40 being 50.

[Reckoner]

I think because the end of year exam is a performance which is worth 50% of the subject, differentiating between the top end can be a bit subjective depending on genre/instrument etc.   

[watto_22]

very weird how there are people who got 50, then nothing until 42.
I appreciate that with a small cohort, there isnt always someone who gets each study score, but nonetheless this distribution is quite strange