Choose the correct answer below.

a. a z-score is an area under the normal curve.

b. a z-score is a conversion that standardizes any value from a normal distribution to a standard normal distribution.

c. if values are converted to standard z-scores, then procedures for working with all normal distributions are the same as those for the standard normal distribution.

d. the area in any normal distribution bounded by some score x is the same as the area bounded by the equivalent z-score in the standard normal distribution.

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Leonidas Payne

6 April, 09:20

Choose the correct answer below.

a. a z-score is an area under the normal curve.

b. a z-score is a conversion that standardizes any value from a normal distribution to a standard normal distribution.

c. if values are converted to standard z-scores, then procedures for working with all normal distributions are the same as those for the standard normal distribution.

d. the area in any normal distribution bounded by some score x is the same as the area bounded by the equivalent z-score in the standard normal distribution.

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Nicole · Answer 1

A z score is a standardized score, measuring the number of standard deviations a given score is away from the mean. If the original scores are normal, the z scores will have a standard normal distribution.

Choice b