SOLUTION: If heights of individual women are expressed in units of centimeters, what are the units used for the z-scores that correspond to individual heights?
A. centimeters
B. It de
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Question 360765: If heights of individual women are expressed in units of centimeters, what are the units used for the z-scores that correspond to individual heights?
A. centimeters
B. It depends on the units of the mean and standard deviation.
C. z-scores have no units.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Recall that the z score is . The units for both x and are in centimeters. So the units for are in centimeters. Also, the units for are in centimeters. So the units will cancel for
This means that the z-score has no units.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If heights of individual women are expressed in units of centimeters, what are the units used for the z-scores that correspond to individual heights?
A. centimeters
B. It depends on the units of the mean and standard deviation.
C. z-scores have no units.
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z-scores have no units. They are a measure of HOW MANY
standard deviations a data value is from the mean of
the data.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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