Which of the following best describes the standardized (z) score for an observation?
A) It is the number of standard deviations the observation falls from the mean.
B) It is the most common score for that type of observation.
C) It is one standard deviation more than the observation.
D) It is the center of the list of scores from which the observation was taken.

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The standardized (z) score is defined as the number of standard deviations an observation is from the mean of the distribution. This allows for comparison between different distributions or within the same distribution by normalizing the scores.

Which of the Following Best Describes the Standardized (Z) Score