Purpose: The purpose of this program is to calculate z-scores
for either sample (i.e., single) observations or for sample means. In each
case the formula is displayed.Download: You can download this program from within Stata by
typing search zcalc (see
How can I use the search command to search for programs and get additional
help? for more information about using search).
Use of program: To use this program, in the Stata command window
type zcalc and then either (1) three numbers indicating x (i.e., the
value of an observation), the mean and the standard deviation, or (2) four
numbers, indicating the mean, mu, the standard deviation and n (i.e., the sample
size).Examples: The following example shows how to use zcalc
to calculate the z-score for a single observation. In this example,
x(observation) = 20, mean = 10 and standard deviation = 50.
The following example shows how to use zcalc to calculate the z-score
for sample means. In this example, the mean = 20, mu = 10, the standard
deviation = 50 and n = 50.
