Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 173: 38

Answer

The benefit of using the z-scores to compare interpretations from 2 different sets of data is that the z-score helps in calculating the probability within the normal distribution and helps in comparing the scores from different normal distributions.

Work Step by Step

The z-score is used to compare observations from two different sets of data, that is, how many standard deviations above or below the population mean a raw score is, and on the basis of z-score, it helps to interpret whether the score is relatively less or relatively better for the dataset.
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