document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1023049>Question 1023049</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A set of data has a mean of 0.5 and a standard deviation of 0.01. A data point of the set has a z-score of 2.5. What does a z-score of 2.5 mean? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #638605 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><B>robertb(5830)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=robertb><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=638605\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It means the original sample score from which it came is at a distance of 2.5 standard deviations from the original mean of 0.5.  (The original x-score is 0.525 by a direct application of the formula <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Z+=+%28X-mu%29%2Fsigma ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Z+=+%28X-mu%29%2Fsigma\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.) </SPAN>\n" );
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