An Instructor Transforms Her Students' Scores on a Midterm into Standardized

question 17

Multiple Choice

An instructor transforms her students' scores on a midterm into standardized (z) scores. Which of the following is by definition true about the distribution of standardized scores?

• A) The standardized distribution is normally distributed.
• B) The mean of the standardized scores is equal to 0.
• C) The distribution of standardized scores stretches to infinity in both directions.
• D) The standard deviation of the standardized scores is equal to σ.

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