Z-SCORE

Z-score indicates how

much a given value
differs from the
standard deviation.
Types of
Z-score
 Positive z-score
measures the number of
standard deviations a
score is above the mean.
 Negative z-score
means the number of
standard deviations a
score is below the mean.
Example 1. John got 76 marks in
his Statistics test. If the marks of
the whole class had a men of 52
and a standard deviation of 8,
what was John's standard score?
Example 2. Given the mean
of 55 and standard deviation
of 8, what score corresponds
to two standard deviations
above the mean?
Example 3. Given the following
data, in which subject did Loki
perform poor?
Subjects Loki's Score Mean Standard Deviation

Math 90 85 1.5

English 95 97 2.0

MAPEH 94 92 1.75
Complete the table.
X μ σ z

1. 9.5 5 3

2. 10 9 0.1

3. 32.1 7 2.3

4. 14 4.5 –0.7

5. –19 –7 –2.4