the most important and most widely used distribution in statistics
normal distribution
distribution with a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1
standard normal distribution
a standardized version of a raw score that gives information about the relative location of that score within its distribution
z score
how far apart the scores are and where they are located
scale
converting all the scores in a distribution into z scores
standardization
how likely it is that a “thing” will happen based on the conditions present
probability
any specific thing happening
event