What women's height corresponds to a z-score of −1.80? b. Professional basketball player Evelyn Akhator is 75 inches tall and plays in the WNBA (women's league). Professional basketball player Draymond Green is 79 inches tall and plays in the NBA (men's league). Compared to his or her peers, who is taller?
What women's height corresponds to a z-score of −1.80? b. Professional basketball player Evelyn Akhator is 75 inches tall and plays in the WNBA (women's league). Professional basketball player Draymond Green is 79 inches tall and plays in the NBA (men's league). Compared to his or her peers, who is taller?
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Assume that women's heights have a distribution that is symmetric and unimodal, with a mean of
64
inches, and the standard deviation is
2.5
inches. Assume that men's heights have a distribution that is symmetric and unimodal, with mean of
73
inches and a standard deviation of
2
inches.a. What women's height corresponds to a z-score of
−1.80?
b. Professional basketball player Evelyn Akhator is 75 inches tall and plays in the WNBA (women's league). Professional basketball player Draymond Green is 79 inches tall and plays in the NBA (men's league). Compared to his or her peers, who is taller?
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For men, mean = 64, and SD = 2.5
For women, mean = 73, and SD = 2
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