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Chapter 4: Measures of Position
Figure 4-2:
Computed z-score for
Example 4-1
The following question will allow us to understand what the value of a
-score represents.
Question:
Why does subtracting the mean from a given data value in
a data set and dividing the result by the standard deviation for the
data set produce a measure of position?
A dot plot of the data points with the location of the mean and the data value
of 18 is given in
Figure 4-3
.
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