5) A data set has a mean of 68.42 and a standard deviation of 7.91. An element in this set is 57. What is the z-score of 57? Round the answer to the nearest hundredth.

Respuesta :

To find the z-score we use the following formula:

[tex]z-score=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}[/tex]

Where x is the data point or the element, in this case:

[tex]x=57[/tex]

μ is the mean:

[tex]\mu=68.42[/tex]

and σ is the standard deviation:

[tex]\sigma=7.91[/tex]

--> Substituting these three values into the z-score formula

[tex]z-\text{score}=\frac{57-68.42}{7.91}[/tex]

Solving the operations:

[tex]\begin{gathered} z-\text{score}=\frac{-11.72}{7.91} \\ \\ z-\text{score}=-1.48167 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Finally, we need to round to the nearest hundredth (2 decimal places):

[tex]z-\text{score}=-1.48[/tex]

Answer: -1.48