Understanding z scores
Understanding z scores
Standard scoresStandard scores assume a normal distributionThey provide a method of expressing any score in a distribution in terms of its distance from the mean in standard deviation units2
Z-scoreA raw score by itself is rather meaningless.What gives the score meaning is its deviation from the meanA Z score expresses this value in standard deviation units3
Z-score
4Raw score
Mean
Standard deviation
Z score formula
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Z score computation
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