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Lesson6 Understanding The Z-Scores
Lesson6 Understanding The Z-Scores
Lesson Objectives
where:
X = given measurement
μ = population mean
σ = population standard deviation
X = sample mean
s = sample standard deviation
Discussion Points
mean. So we can say that, with respect to the mean, the score of 58 is above
average.
Example 2
Locate the z-value that corresponds to a PE
score of 39 given that μ = 45 and σ = 6.
With respect to the mean, the score 39 is below the population mean. We can also
What is the importance of the z-scores? Raw scores may be composed of large
values, but large values cannot be accommodated at the base line of the normal
curve. So, they have to be transformed into scores for convenience without