MEASURES OF

RELATIVE POSITTION
Z-SCORES
The z-score for a given data value x
is the number of standard deviation
that x is above or below the mean of
the data.
Z-SCORE SAMPLE
Formula:
EXAMPLE
Rail has taken two tests I his chemistry
class. He scored 72 on the first test, for
which the mean of all scores was 65 and
the standard deviation was 8. He received a
60 on a second test, for which the mean of
all scores was 45 and the standard
deviation was 12. In comparison to the
other students, did Rail do better on the
first test or the second test?
SOLUTION
• Find the z-score for each test.

=
= 0.88
SOLUTION
• Find the z-score for each test.

=
= 1.25
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
Cheryl has taken two quizzes in her
history class. She scored 15 on the first
quiz, for which the mean of all scores
was 12 and s = 2.4. Her score on the
second quiz, for which the man of all
scores was 11 and s = 2.0 and her score
was 14. Which quiz of Cheryl is better?