SOLUTION: Kate received a z score of 1 on a reading test. What do we know about Kate�s performance, assuming that the reading test scores are distributed normally?

SOLUTION: Kate received a z score of 1 on a reading test. What do we know about Kate�s performance, assuming that the reading test scores are distributed normally?

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Question 881242: Kate received a z score of 1 on a reading test. What do we know about Kate�s performance, assuming that the reading test scores are distributed normally?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She's 1 standard deviation above the mean. So she scored higher than average.

The average score is z = 0 and most people will score around the average. Some will score above average (in Kate's case, z > 0) or below average (when z < 0)
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