standard scores

Question 1

raw score that has been converted from one scale to another, where latter scale has some arbitrarly set mean and standard deviation

Answer 1

standard scores

Question 2

why convert raw scores to standard?

Answer 2

• standard scores are more easily interpretable than raw scores
• position of a test taker’s performance relative to other test takers is readily apparent

Question 3

transformed score that designates how many standard deviation units

Answer 3

z score