Standardization

 

Menu location: Data_Standardization

 

This function saves standardized values of workbook data you select into a new workbook column marked Std. (Method): Name, where Name is the column label of the original data and Method is one of the methods listed below.

 

Three different methods for standardization are provided:

  1. (x - mean) / standard deviation

  2. x / standard deviation

  3. x - mean

Example

Test workbook (Nonparametric worksheet: First Born).

 

Standardizing the following agressivity scores for a sample of firstborn twins using the first method above gives.

 

First Born --->

Std ((x-mean)/SD): First Born 

86

0.7782 

71

-0.9095

77

-0.2344

68

-1.2470

91

1.3408 

72

-0.7970

77

-0.2344

91

1.3408 

70

-1.0220

71

-0.9095

88

1.0033 

87

0.8907