Purchase Solution

Standard Deviation of Height

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

The average height of a certain age group of people is 53 inches. The standard deviation is 4 inches. If the variable is normally distributed, find the probability that a selected individual's height will be what?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

The expert examines the standard deviation of height.

Solution Preview

Let X be the random variable denoting the height of a random person. Then X ~ N(53, 4^2).

Then if the question asked "what is the probability that ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Income Streams

In our ever changing world, developing secondary income streams is becoming more important. This quiz provides a brief overview of income sources.

Understanding the Accounting Equation

These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.

Business Ethics Awareness Strategy

This quiz is designed to assess your current ability for determining the characteristics of ethical behavior. It is essential that leaders, managers, and employees are able to distinguish between positive and negative ethical behavior. The quicker you assess a person's ethical tendency, the awareness empowers you to develop a strategy on how to interact with them.

Balance Sheet

The Fundamental Classified Balance Sheet. What to know to make it easy.

Motivation

This tests some key elements of major motivation theories.