The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (www.bfro.net) ma…

The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (www.bfro.net) maintains a database of bigfoot/Sasquatch sightings and related reports. According to the BFRO database as of January 2011 the mean number of reports per county in the state of Washington is 12.59 (standard deviation = 14.19). Here are the z-scores for three specific counties: Whitman County: z = -0.89    Cowlitz County: z = -0.03      Skamania County: z = +2.78   Which of these three counties is least representative of the typical county in Washington in terms of the number of Bigfoot reports?

a) What is the main purpose of a z-score (i.e., what does it…

a) What is the main purpose of a z-score (i.e., what does it tell us?)? b) Imagine that your friend tells you her z-score on an extroversion scale is -0.50. What does this mean? Your interpretation of this score does not need to be long, but it should fully explain the score.