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STANDARD SCORE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

Any derived score using as its unit the standard deviation (or some fraction thereof) of the population that is regarded as the criterion group.

OBS

derived score: A score derived from another score or scores by a statistical manipulation of the original data or measures ...

OBS

standard deviation: A measure of the dispersion or variability of a whole distribution.

OBS

Standard scores, when based on normal distributions, are for most purposes comparable even though the raw scores are incomparable. Thus, by standard scores it is possible to show that a person can jump better than he can run (even though feet jumped is incommensurable with yards per second) or that he is more intelligent than he is emotionally stable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Aucune donnée n'a été publiée en France pour l'Inventaire de CATTELL, mais les références d'origine américaine sont plus complètes, et des normes ont été établies par profession, notamment pour les vendeurs. Comme elles ont été calculées en notes standard, nous avons adopté la même méthode pour nos moyennes, ceci afin de faciliter les comparaisons [...]

Key term(s)
  • note étalonnée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
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Record 2 1996-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
DEF

A value's distance from the mean, expressed in units of the standard deviation. Used to identify unusual values.

OBS

A score obtained by dividing the standard deviation into the deviation of an obtained score from the arithmetic mean [...] it is convenient for the comparison of scores without regard to the units of measurement employed.

Key term(s)
  • z score

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
DEF

Écart à la moyenne divisé par l'écart type. L'écart réduit permet de comparer la position relative d'éléments appartenant à des distributions dont les moyennes et les écarts types peuvent être différents. La somme des écarts réduits d'une distribution est nulle; leur écart type est égal à 1.

Key term(s)
  • écart z
  • score z

Spanish

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