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That notion identifies heritability with the regression of the offspring phenotype on the parental (or biparental mean in the case of sexual reproduction), where both phenotypes are presented as z-scores (i.e., set to mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1).
Miss Winter Solstice Scott A. Nicholson 2009
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Wolfram Alpha can calculate confidence levels and p-values from z-scores.
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It calculates “z-scores ” standardizes 3 Himalayan and 3 Andean cores, averages them and compares the result to MBH.
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I did a quick correlation between the z-scores for the 5 year average isotope composition for Quelccaya, Huscaran and Sajama, with correlation coefficients of +0.12 between Quelccaya and Huascaran and +0.02 between Quelccaya and Sajama.
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In some sense, the z-scores matter far more than the raw data about each school's reputation, LSATs, and so forth.
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CI will inflate as t increases to levels gt 2, as standard error, SE=s/sqrtn, increases, as n, the number of observations in the sample decreases. t-values and z-scores, for varying degrees of fredom and confidence levels, can be looked up in statistical tables in the back of any standard stats text.
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As I explained more fully last year, when I posted some data from my model of that year's USN&WR rankings, these z-scores, derived from the data that goes into the rankings, represent the penultimate step to calculating each law school's overall score.
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Statistics buffs will want to check their z-scores.
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Weight gain z-scores were calculated from 3 to 5 years.
Naturejobs - All Jobs L J Griffiths 2010
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Since 2007, a more complicated but widely used standardization or normalization method has been adopted involving z-scores.
U.S. News 2010
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