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The research glossary defines terms used in conducting social science and policy research, for example those describing methods, measurements, statistical procedures, and other aspects of research; the child care glossary defines terms used to describe aspects of child care and early education practice and policy.

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Z Score
A score that is produced by subtracting the mean value from an individual data value and dividing by the standard deviation. This standardizes data values and allows for individual data values from different distributions (distributions with different means and standard deviations) to be compared.
Z Test
A statistical test that is used to compare the means of two independent samples or the mean of one sample with some fixed value. The test assumes that the populations from which the samples are drawn are normally distributed. It is used when testing differences for large samples (over 30 observations) and for smaller samples in which the variance of the population is known.
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