The Practice of Statistics for AP - 4th Edition
The Practice of Statistics for AP - 4th Edition
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781429245593
Author: Starnes, Daren S., Yates, Daniel S., Moore, David S.
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 3.3CYU
To determine

To Explain: the effect on the centre, shape and spread of the distribution if height is changed to z-scores.

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Mean will become 0 (zero) and standard deviation would be 1 (one)

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  The Practice of Statistics for AP - 4th Edition, Chapter 2.1, Problem 3.3CYU

Height is changed to z-scores

On the basis of given information, the shape will not be affected because of the transformation from height to z-scores so the shape would not be changed but mean will be shifted to the 0 (zero) and standard deviation will become 1 (one)

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