Z-score: The number of standard deviations an observation lies from the mean: z = (x minus mean) / standard deviation.
How to apply it: Use z-scores to compare observations from different distributions or to find normal probabilities.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Exploring One-Variable Data
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