the mean is 3.5. dtandard deviation is .5. sally's score is 1.5 on test. how many standard deviations is she from the mean?

Question

billy scores 5. what is his standard score?
what scale of measurement is being used? is it appropriate? why/why not?

Answer 1

The Z score indicates standard deviations from the mean. It is accurate as long as the distribution is normal.

Z = (score - mean)/standard deviation

You can do the calculations.