a type of standard score in which the score is expressed in terms of portions of the standard deviation from the mean
The conversion of a score to a standard deviation. This number tells how many standard deviations a score is from the mean.
A statistical measure that quantifies the distance (measured in standard deviations) a data point is from the mean of a data set. In a more financial sense, Z-score is the output from a credit-strength test that gauges the likelihood of bankruptcy.