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z-scores Describes a value's position relative to themean, in units of standard deviations:● z = (x – μ)/σ e.g., you got a score of 35 on a test:is this good or bad? Depends on the mean, SD:● μ=30, σ=10: then z = +0.5: pretty good● μ=50, σ=5: then z = -3: really bad!BUSI275: <strong>Probability</strong> 20 Sep 20113

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