Which of the following standardizes scores similar to a percentile rank but preserves equal interval...

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).