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cookcarl

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Chris wants to calculate a zscore for his own height. The average height in the class is 66 inches, and Chris's height is 62 inches. Chris calculated his zscore to be +1.5 . What's wrong with his calculation?
 
  a. The z-score is an inappropriate calculation here.
  b. The z-score should be a higher number.
  c. He didn't have the standard deviation.
  d. The z-score should be a negative number.

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the things the relative frequency of z-scores allows us to calculate for corresponding raw scores?
 
  a. Relative frequency
  b. Percentile
  c. Comparison against other variables
  d. Values in terms of goodness or badness


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d


cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Gracias!

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