standard score

American  

noun

Statistics.

1. the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.

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Etymology

Origin of standard score

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

McCoy, who is of Nicaraguan and Irish extraction, says that the standard score for “Fame the Musical” already contained some Latin colors — including in the title number — but that at times these passages have a “stereotyped” sound.

From Washington Post

Increasing numbers of players are using iPads and laptops instead of sheet music, especially now that the latest generation of tablets come in the same size as a standard score.

From New York Times

Reese Witherspoon, meanwhile, had a banner year in 2014, after seeing her company, Pacific Standard, score major hits with both Gone Girl and Wild.

From The Guardian

The standard score was anywhere from 1-4.

From Forbes

The average vocabulary score for all nine-year-olds in the study was 93, slightly below the test-wide standard score of 100.

From Reuters