Chapter 6 Flashcards

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standard score

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a score expressed relative to a known mean and standard deviation

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z score

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a score expressed relative to the mean of zero and a standard deviation to one; describes the location of an observation in a distribution relative to the mean in standard deviation units

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3
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3 sigma rule

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a rule that describes the distribution of observations in a normal distribution

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