z-Scores, the Normal Curve, & Standard Error of the Mean

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z-Scores, the Normal Curve, & Standard Error of the Mean

I. z-scores and conversions What is a z-score? A measure of an observation’s distance from the mean. The distance is measured in standard deviation units. If a z-score is zero, it’s on the mean. If a z-score is positive, it’s above the mean. If a z-score is negative, it’s below the mean. If a z-score is 1, it’s 1 SD above the mean. If a z-score is –2, it’s 2 SDs below the mean.

Computing a z-score

Examples of computing z-scores 5 3 2 1 6 1.5 10 -5 4 -1.25 .75 8 -4 -2

Computing raw scores from z scores 1 2 3 5 -2 -4 .5 4 10 12 -1 -5

Example of Computing z scores from raw scores List raw scores (use calculator) Compute mean Compute SD Compute z

Review Interpret a z score of 1 M = 10, SD = 2, X = 8. Z =? M = 8, SD = 1, z = 3. X =? What is the A (SAT) score for a z score of 1?

Definition To move from a raw score to a z score, what must we know about the raw score distribution? 1 mean and standard deviation 2 maximum and minimum 3 median and variance 4 mode and range

Application If Judy got a z score of 1.5 on an in-class exam, what can we say about her score relative to others who took the exam? 1 it is above average 2 it is average 3 it is below average 4 it is a ‘B’

Normal Curve The normal curve is continuous. The formula is: This formula is not intuitively obvious. The important thing to note is that there are only 2 parameters that control the shape of the curve: σ and μ. These are the population SD and mean, respectively.

Normal Curve The shape of the distribution changes with only two parameters, σ and μ, so if we know these, we can determine everything else.

Standard Normal Curve Standard normal curve has a mean of zero and an SD of 1.

Normal Curve and the z-score If X is normally distributed, there will be a correspondence between the standard normal curve and the z-score.

Normal curve and z-scores We can use the information from the normal curve to estimate percentages from z-scores.

Test your mastery of z If a raw score is 8, the mean is 10 and the standard deviation is 4, what is the z-score? 1: -1.0 2: -0.5 3: 0.5 4: 2.0

Test your mastery of z and the normal curve If a distribution is normally distributed, about what percent of the scores fall below +1 SD? 1: 15 2: 50 3: 85 4: 99

Tabled values of the normal to estimate percentages Z Between mean and z Beyond z 0.00 0.0 50.00 0.90 31.5 18.41 0.10 3.98 46.02 1.00 34.13 15.87 0.20 7.93 42.07 1.10 36.43 13.57 0.30 11.79 38.21 1.20 38.49 11.51 0.40 15.54 34.46 1.30 40.32 09.68 0.50 19.15 30.85 1.40 41.92 08.08 0.60 22.57 27.43 1.50 43.32 06.68 0.70 25.80 24.20 1.60 44.52 05.48 0.80 28.81 21.19 1.70 45.54 04.46

Estimating percentages What z-score separates the bottom 70 percent from the top 30 percent of scores? z= .5

Estimating percentages What z-score separates the top 10 percent from the bottom 90 percent? Z=1.3

Percentile Ranks A percentile rank is the percentage of cases up to and including the one in which we are interested. From the bottom up to the current score. Q: What is the percentile rank of an SAT score of 600?

Percentile Rank A: First we find the z score [(600-500)/100]=1. Then we find the area for z=1. Between mean and z = 34.13. Below mean =50, so total below is 50+34.13 or about 84 percent.

Estimating percentages Suppose our basketball coach wants to estimate how many entering freshmen will be over 6’6” (78 inches) tall. Suppose the mean height of entering freshmen is 68 inches and the SD of height is 6.67 inches and there will be 1,000 entering freshmen. How many are expected to be bigger than 78 inches?

Estimating percentages Find z, then percent, then the number. Z=(78-68)/6.67=1.499=1.5. Beyond z is 6.68 percent. If 100 people, would be 6.68 expected, if 1000, 66.8 or 67 folks.

Review What z score separates the top 20 percent from the bottom 80 percent? What is a percentile rank? Suppose you want to estimate the percentage of women taller than the height of the average man. Say Mmale = 69 in. Mfemale = 66 in. SDfemale= 2 in. Pct? Z = (69-66)/2 = 3/2 = 1.5 Beyond z = 1.5 is 6.68 pct.