National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Z-Score
Synonyms

Standard Score

Z SCORE

Z Score

Z-Score

ZScore

Definitions

A method for converting an individual score into a standard form. The z-score indicates how far and in what direction an item deviates from its distribution's mean, expressed in units of standard deviation. Calculation of a z-score requires knowledge about the population's standard deviation and mean.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C68741

ALT_DEFINITION

The number of positive or negative standard deviations of a measured value from the mean of its population.

code

C68741

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C179588

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A method for converting an individual score into a standard form. The z-score indicates how far and in what direction an item deviates from its distribution's mean, expressed in units of standard deviation. Calculation of a z-score requires knowledge about the population's standard deviation and mean.

FULL_SYN

Standard Score

Z SCORE

Z Score

Z-Score

ZScore

label

Z-Score

Legacy Concept Name

Z-Score

Preferred_Name

Z-Score

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C68741

Semantic_Type

Quantitative Concept

UMLS_CUI

C0871421

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25338

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