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19 Nov 2021

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In a normal distribution,  and    This tells you that  is ____ standard deviations to the ____ (right or left) of the mean.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

If  is the normally distributed random variable and,  then the score is

  

The value tells, how many standard deviations the value of  is above (to the right) or below (to the left) the mean,   

When  is positive,  is above or right of the mean, and when  is negative,  is below or left of the mean.

In the given normal distribution,  and 

 

Therefore,

 

Hence, 

This tells that is standard deviations to the  (right or left) of the mean.

 

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