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Ethridge, K., & Odland, A (2018). Standardized scores. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 1596-1597). SAGE.
Sometimes we need to evaluate data collected in different scales of measurement. In that situation, it is important to convert those scores into standard scores. This section will discuss the process of converting raw scores into standardardized scores.

Galyardt, A. (2018). Areas under the normal curve. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 120-121). SAGE.
This section describes the areas related to the normal distribution. It also discusses the relationship between probability and the areas under the normal curve.

Kulas, J. T., Roji, R., & Smith, A. M. (2021). IBM SPSS essentials (2nd ed.). Wiley.
The textbook is an excellent text that goes over each basic concept related to statistics in addition to understanding SPSS software. Chapter 2 is especially helpful in navigating SPSS.

Musselwhite, D., & Wesolowski, B. (2018). Normal distribution. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 1155-1157). SAGE.
The normal distribution represents the distribution of scores in a sample that is obtained from a population. While the majority of scores are in the middle of the distribution, as scores move away from the middle, the frequencies decrease.

Lloyd, C. (2021, July 6). Stats I Week 4 Assignment Part 1 of 2 [Video]. Kaltura.

Lloyd, C. (2021, July 6). Stats I Week 4 Assignment Part 2 of 2 [Video]. Kaltura.