What is a z-score?
A z-score tells you how far a value is from the mean in standard deviation units.
How to interpret z-scores
Positive z-scores are above the mean, negative z-scores are below it, and z = 0 is exactly average.
Z-scores in grading and testing
Z-scores let you compare scores from different tests by putting them on the same standard scale.
Standard normal distribution
The standard normal distribution has mean 0 and standard deviation 1. Z-score probabilities come from this curve.