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segrsyd

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What does it mean to say that a particular value of x has a z score of -1.94?

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What does it mean to say that x = 163 has a standard score of +1.60?



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Answer to Question 1

It means that value of x is 1.94 standard deviations below the mean.

Answer to Question 2

It means that x = 163 is 1.60 standard deviations above the mean.



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