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- https://stats.libretexts.org/Workbench/PSYC_2200%3A_Elementary_Statistics_for_Behavioral_and_Social_Science_(Oja)_WITHOUT_UNITS/05%3A_Using_z/5.05%3A_Summary_of_z_ScoresIf you're still not sure what a z-score is, or why it might matter, check out this summary.
- https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Taft_College/PSYC_2200%3A_Elementary_Statistics_for_Behavioral_and_Social_Sciences_(Oja)/01%3A_Description/05%3A_Using_z/5.05%3A_Summary_of_z_ScoresIf you're still not sure what a z-score is, or why it might matter, check out this summary.
- https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Cerritos_College/Introduction_to_Statistics_with_R/06%3A_Describing_Data_With_Numbers_Using_R/6.06%3A_Standard_ScoresHowever, the problem with doing this is that “it’s lonely at the top”. Suppose that my friend had only collected a sample of 1000 people (still a pretty big sample for the purposes of testing a new qu...However, the problem with doing this is that “it’s lonely at the top”. Suppose that my friend had only collected a sample of 1000 people (still a pretty big sample for the purposes of testing a new questionnaire, I’d like to add), and this time gotten a mean of 16 out of 50 with a standard deviation of 5, let’s say. As you can imagine, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to try to compare my raw score of 2 on the extraversion questionnaire to my raw score of 35 on the grumpiness questionnaire.
- https://stats.libretexts.org/Workbench/Learning_Statistics_with_SPSS_-_A_Tutorial_for_Psychology_Students_and_Other_Beginners/04%3A_Descriptive_Statistics/4.06%3A_Standard_ScoresHowever, the problem with doing this is that “it’s lonely at the top”. Suppose that my friend had only collected a sample of 1000 people (still a pretty big sample for the purposes of testing a new qu...However, the problem with doing this is that “it’s lonely at the top”. Suppose that my friend had only collected a sample of 1000 people (still a pretty big sample for the purposes of testing a new questionnaire, I’d like to add), and this time gotten a mean of 16 out of 50 with a standard deviation of 5, let’s say. As you can imagine, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to try to compare my raw score of 2 on the extraversion questionnaire to my raw score of 35 on the grumpiness questionnaire.
