A Negative Value of Z Indicates That

question 103

Multiple Choice

A negative value of Z indicates that

• A)the number of standard deviations of an observation is to the right of the mean
• B)the number of standard deviations of an observation is to the left of the mean
• C)a mistake has been made in computations, since Z cannot be negative
• D)the data has a negative mean

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