How many people will be in the top 10% in at least one examinations

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In summary, when 100 people take two exams, with a correlation of .6, we would expect 19 people to be in the top 10% in at least one exam. However, if the exams were unrelated, we would expect only one person to be in the top 10% for both exams. For more than two exams with different correlations, the calculation would be more complex and would depend on the specific correlations between each exam. In the example given, with three exams (A, B, and C) correlating at .7, .6, and .5 respectively, it would require further analysis to determine the number of people in the top 10% for each exam.
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If 100 people take two exams, the results of which correlate at .6, how many people will be in the top 10% in at least one examinations? I understand that if the exams were unrelated then we would expect one person to be in the top 10% for both groups,and therefore 19 people would be in in the top 10% in at least one exam. However, I don't know how to calculate this when the exams are correlated, nor how to calculate it if there is more than 2 examinations. Any help appreciated
 
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There will be, of course, 10% of 100= 10 people in the "top 10%" of each exam. If the tests "correlate at 0.6" we would expect 0.6 (10)= 6 people to be in the top 10% in both exams.
 
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There will be, of course, 10% of 100= 10 people in the "top 10%" of each exam. If the tests "correlate at 0.6" we would expect 0.6 (10)= 6 people to be in the top 10% in both exams.

Thanks for that. It is simpler than I thought. I thought that the correlation between the examinations would need to be squared. How would I calculate this for more than 2 exams and with different correlations? For instance, how many people would be in the top 10% in three tests(A, B & C) which correlate at .7 for A/C, .6 for A/B and .5 for B/C?
 

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