Finding z-score for a percentile | AP Statistics | Khan Academy



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Example finding the minimum z-score and numerical threshold to be in a given percentile in a normal distribution.

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21 Comments

  1. this is incorrect. z-score 0.52 is closer to the true z-score than 0.53. you are making your answer unnecessarily inaccurate. return the dislike button

  2. Hello,

    I know this is an old video. But there is a correction that should be made. 0.52 is the ACTUAL z-score, not 0.53. It doesn't matter if it is below 70%, so long as it is closer than the other value (in this case .7019).

  3. Thanks for the explanation. Really helped me understand the concept. But just one observation, wouldn't it be closer to 70% to use 0.52 vs. 0.53 z score? Since 0.0015 is closer to 70% than 0.0019 (looking at the last two digits of the z score and zeroing out the preceding digits)

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