Prof Rea’s Exam Q8 The distribution of heights of US female…
Prof Rea’s Exam Q8 The distribution of heights of US female college students is approximately normal with a mean of 63.5 inches and a standard deviation of 2.8 inches. Janet, a female college student, has a height with a Z-score of -1.58 when her height is compared to all US female college students. Write a sentence to interpret the meaning of the Z-score. Then compute Janet’s height, measured in inches. Use the empirical rule to find the proportion of US female college students that are shorter than 66.3 inches. Show your thinking on the graph by labeling the horizontal axis with the appropriate heights, labeling the regions of the graph with the appropriate areas, and shading the appropriate area.