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Use z-scores to determine which score has the highest relative position: a score of 42.5 on a test for which the mean is 47 and standard deviation of 9, or a score of 2.5 on a test for which the mean is 4.2 and the standard deviation is 1.2 , or a score of 427.2 on a test for which the mean is 444 and the standard deviation is 42.

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a)
\bar{X}=42.5 , \mu = 47 , \sigma = 9


z_1 = \frac{\bar{X}-\mu}{\sigma}


z_1 = (42.5-47)/(9)

z₁ = -0.5

b)
\bar{X}=2.5 , \mu = 4.2 , \sigma = 1.2


z_2 = \frac{\bar{X}-\mu}{\sigma}


z_2= (2.5-4.2)/(1.2)

z₂ = -1.42

c)
\bar{X}=427.2 , \mu = 444 , \sigma = 42


z_3 = \frac{\bar{X}-\mu}{\sigma}


z_3 = (427.2-444)/(42)

z₃ = -0.4

The better relative position score will be more standard deviations above the mean.

Higher the Z-score better is the relative position

hence, z₂ has highest relative position

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