A Negative Value of Z Indicates That

question 27

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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