The heights of women aged 2020 – 2929 in the United States are approximately Normal with mean 64.264.2 inches and standard deviation 2.82.8 inches. The heights of men aged 2020 – 2929 in the United States are approximately Normal with mean 69.469.4 inches and standard deviation 3.03.0 inches. What is the ?z‑score for a woman 5.55.5 feet tall? (Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.) ?=z=     What is the ?z‑score for a man 5.55.5 feet tall? (Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.) ?=z=     What information do the ?z‑scores give that the original non‑standardized heights do not? The ?z‑scores show us that the woman is slightly taller than average, while the man is much shorter than average. The ?z‑scores do not give us any additional information, since we already know that the man and woman have equal heights. The ?z‑scores show us that the woman is slightly shorter than average, while the man is much taller than average. The ?z‑scores show that the woman is slightly different from the average, while the man is very different from the average.

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The heights of women aged 2020 – 2929 in the United States are approximately Normal with mean 64.264.2 inches and standard deviation 2.82.8 inches. The heights of men aged 2020 – 2929 in the United States are approximately Normal with mean 69.469.4 inches and standard deviation 3.03.0 inches.

What is the ?z‑score for a woman 5.55.5 feet tall? (Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.)

?=z=
 
 
What is the ?z‑score for a man 5.55.5 feet tall? (Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.)
?=z=
 
 
What information do the ?z‑scores give that the original non‑standardized heights do not?
The ?z‑scores show us that the woman is slightly taller than average, while the man is much shorter than average.
The ?z‑scores do not give us any additional information, since we already know that the man and woman have equal heights.
The ?z‑scores show us that the woman is slightly shorter than average, while the man is much taller than average.
The ?z‑scores show that the woman is slightly different from the average, while the man is very different from the average.
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