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Analyzing weight measurements in a clinical study.

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Z-Scores help analyze weight data by showing how many standard deviations a patient's weight is from the mean weight of the study group.

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Adjusting scores for weather effects in sports.

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Use Z-Scores to adjust athletes' performance scores for weather conditions by comparing against the historical average performance under similar weather conditions.

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Setting benchmarks for academic scholarships.

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Set benchmarks based on Z-Scores to award scholarships, so they reflect students' standing relative to their peers.

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Evaluating financial market risks.

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Z-Scores can measure how much an asset's price deviates from its expected value, providing a way to quantify risk in financial markets.

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Finding Z-Score of a test score.

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To find the Z-Score of a test score, you need to subtract the mean from the test score and then divide by the standard deviation (Z=XμσZ = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}).

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Comparing student performance using Z-Scores.

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By calculating Z-Scores for each student, we can compare their performance relative to the mean score; higher Z-Scores indicate better relative performance.

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Standardizing test scores across different classes.

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Z-Scores can standardize test scores from different classes to a common scale, allowing for meaningful comparison.

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Determining the rarity of a score.

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The Z-Score corresponds to a percentile in the normal distribution, allowing us to determine how rare a particular score is within a given dataset.

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Transforming a dataset into a standard normal distribution.

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Calculating Z-Scores for all data points in a dataset transforms it into a standard normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

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Assessing manufacturing quality control.

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Z-Scores can be used to assess whether products meet quality standards by determining how many standard deviations a measurement is from the process mean.

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Determining if a data point is an outlier.

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With a Z-Score, a data point can be classified as an outlier if its value is significantly higher or lower than the mean, typically more than 3 standard deviations away.

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Assessing if a day's sales are unusually high.

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Calculate the Z-Score for the day's sales and compare it to a threshold, such as 2 or 3, to determine if the sales are statistically unusual.

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