Z scores

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Sometimes we want to do more than summarize a bunch of scores. Sometimes we want to talk about particular scores within the bunch. We may want to tell other people about whether or not a score is above or below average. We may want to tell other people how far away a particular score is from average. We might also want to compare scores from different bunches of data. We will want to know which score is better. Z-scores can help with all of this.

Z-Scores tell us whether a particular score is equal to the mean, below the mean or above the mean of a bunch of scores. They can also tell us how far a particular score is away from the mean. Is a particular score close to the mean or far away?

Z-Scores Can Help Us Compare…

Individual scores from different bunches of data. We can use Z-scores to standardize scores from different groups of data. Then we can compare raw scores from different bunches of data.