Paper 2 · Statistics
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Statistics 11 z-scores 3
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- Eliminate a negative z-score by flipping the inequality and the sign
- Compute P(z ≤ −a) as 1 − P(z ≤ a) and P(z ≥ −a) as P(z ≤ a)
- Pick the right transformation for each of the four one-sided z-score cases
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