What is the effect of standardization (z-score) on the mean and standard deviation of the dataset?
- It changes the mean to 0 and standard deviation to 1
- It changes the mean to 1 and standard deviation to 0
- It changes the mean to the median of the dataset and standard deviation to 1
- It doesn't affect the mean and standard deviation
The effect of standardization on a dataset is that it changes the mean to 0 and standard deviation to 1. After standardization, the dataset will have properties of a standard normal distribution with mean=0 and standard deviation=1.
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