SOLUTION: In terms of the mean and standard deviation: What does it mean to say that a particular value of x has a standard score of +0.5? What does it mean to say that a particular value

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Question 610159: In terms of the mean and standard deviation:
What does it mean to say that a particular value of x has a standard score of +0.5?
What does it mean to say that a particular value of x has a z-score of -3.3?

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In terms of the mean and standard deviation:
What does it mean to say that a particular value of x has a standard score of +0.5?
The value is 0.5 standard deviations above the mean.
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What does it mean to say that a particular value of x has a z-score of -3.3?
The value is 3.3 standard deviations below the mean.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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