Lesson 7: Z-Scores
September 29, 2015
Wed Sep 30
Review:
Presentation:
- Normal Calculations (video)
- Empirical Rule (guidelines based on Chebyshev’s Theorem): 68, 95, 99
- Z-Scores (standardized value)
Activity:
- Calculate these “Standardized Height” (10 Z-Scores, 5 for men and 5 for women)
- men = {46, 56, 66, 76, 86}
- women = {42, 52, 62, 72, 82}
- For females use mean = 63.8 and standard deviation = 4.2
- For males use mean = 69.4 and standard deviation = 4.7
Assignment:
- Use Sheets or Excel to complete the following
- Download Foreign Per Diem Rates (for travel in a foreign country)
- Calculate the Mean and Standard Deviation
- Calculate Z-Scores for the following 12 international travel destinations
- Beijing
- Buenos Aires
- Cairo
- London
- Mexico City
- Moscow
- Nairobi
- New Delhi
- Rio de Janeiro
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Post results to your blog
