Standard deviation

Standard deviation measures how far values typically sit from the mean. Use the sample version (divide by n − 1) when your numbers are a sample of a larger group, and the population version (divide by n) when you have every value.

Z-scores

A z-score says how many standard deviations a value is above or below the mean: z = (x − μ) ÷ σ. The percentile shown assumes a normal distribution and uses a numerical approximation that is accurate to about six decimal places.