Abdullah Şamil Güser

z-score

\[Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}\]

z-score answers the following question : Is there a difference between the sample proportion (hypothesized) and population proportion (theoretical)?

How much standard deviation I am away from the mean?

Derivation

Linearity of expectation

\[E[aX+b] = aE[X] + b\]

Variance property

\[Var[aX+b] = a^2Var[X]\]

Applying these formulas, if $X$ is a normal random variable with mean $\mu$ and variance $\sigma^2$, and $Z = (X - \mu)/\sigma$, then;

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Therefore, $Z$ has mean 0 and variance 1. Also we know that linear transformation of a normal random variable is still normal, therefore $Z$ is standard normal distribution.

One proportion z-test

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References