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Calculating Z Scores

This document explains how to calculate and use z-scores. Z-scores indicate how many standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a normal distribution. The formula for calculating a z-score is provided along with examples of finding z-scores for exam grades and other data sets. Instructions are also given for using the calculator to find percentages of data values that fall between given z-scores or raw values.

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Calculating Z Scores

This document explains how to calculate and use z-scores. Z-scores indicate how many standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a normal distribution. The formula for calculating a z-score is provided along with examples of finding z-scores for exam grades and other data sets. Instructions are also given for using the calculator to find percentages of data values that fall between given z-scores or raw values.

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Calculating Z-scores

• A z-score tells you where you are on the generic


normal distribution curve
• Most z-scores are between -3 and 3 (because
99.7% of the data is between -3 and 3!)
Finding a z-score: the formula
x
z (where x is the data value)

A set of Economics Final Exam Grades are normally distributed
with a mean of 65 and a standard deviation of 12.
Find a z-score for a grade of 70. 70  65
z  0.42
12
Find a z-score for a grade of 62. 62  65
z  0.25
12
Find a z-score for a grade of 49. 49  65
z  1.33
12
x
z

A set of data is normally distributed with a mean of 415 and a
standard deviation of 27.
Find a z-score for a data value of 400.
400  415
z  0.56
27
Find a z-score for a data value of 435.
435  415
z  0.74
27
Find a z-score for a data value of 482.
482  415
z  2.48
27
Using Z-scores to Find Percentages

What percentage of data values are


between the z-values of -1 and 1?
68%
What percentage of data values are
between the z-values of -1 and 0?
34%
What percentage of data values are
below -2?
2.5%
Using the calculator to Find Percentages
Between Two Z-Values (or data values)
• Find DISTR (which is above VARS—so press 2nd VARS)
• Choose 2 normalcdf
• You will now list 4 numbers with commas between
them—Lower value, Upper Value, Mean, Standard
Deviation
• ENTER EXAMPLE: Find the percentage that your
z-score is between -2 and 2. 0.95=95%
EXAMPLE: Find the percentage that your
z-score is between -3 and -1. 0.16=16%
EXAMPLE: Find the percentage that your
z-score is between 1.5 and 1.8. 0.03=3%
You can use this function on the calc. for
ANY data set that you know the mean and
std dev!
EXAMPLE: A data set is normally distributed with a
mean of 35 and std dev of 7. Find the percentage that
a data value is between 29 and 33.
normalcdf (29, 33, 35, 7) =0.19=19%

EXAMPLE: A data set is normally distributed with a mean


of 4712 and std dev of 1268. Find the percentage that a
data value is between 3300 and 5000.
normalcdf (3300, 5000, 4712, 1268) =0.46=46%
Classwork—turn in when you finish!
The ages of a group of people is normally distributed with a mean
of 34 and a standard deviation of 4.
1. Find a z-score for a person age 30.
2. Find a z-score for a person age 37.
3. Find a z-score for a person age 23.
Find each percentage (some require the calculator):
4. z-score above 3
5. z-score between -3 and -2
6. z-score between 0 and 1
7. z-score between -1 and 0.5
8. z-score between -2.7 and -1.3
A data set has a normal distribution with mean 250 and std dev of
30. Find each:
9. Percentage of data values between 200 and 220.
10. Percentage of data values between 245 and 260.

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