a) What does a z-score indicate? b) What are the three

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2021-09-29

1) What does a z-score indicate? 
2) What are the three major uses of z-scores with individuals scores?

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(1) Explanation of z-score: 
The z-score is used to identify the number of standard deviation a data is below or above the mean. In other words, it indicates the position of a particular data value by measuring the distance from the mean. The formula to find a z-score is as follows. 
z=xμσ 
where, μ is the mean, σ is the standard deviation. 
(2) Three major uses of z-scores: 
The three major uses of z-scores are given as follows: 
To describe the relative standing of each score: 
Z-score indicates the position of a particular data value in a normal curve from the mean. 
The larger the z-score value, the farther the distance of the data from the mean, whereas, the smaller the z-score, the shorter the distance of the data from the mean. 
The negative value of z-score indicates that the data is below the mean, whereas, the positive value of z-score indicates that the data is above the mean. 
Data set for comparison:
The two different distributions of data can be easily compared by transforming the data to z-scores. Thus, it helps to compare the data sets. 
determining relative frequency:
The relative frequency is calculated using the proportion of total area under a standard bell-shaped curve. Based on the position of data on the curve, the proportion of area beyond z-score can be obtained. Thus, the relative frequency will be computed using z-score.

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