Question

A successful basketball player has a height of 6 feet 88 ​inches, or 203203 cm. based on statistics from a data​ set, his height converts to the z score of 4.104.10. how many standard deviations is his height above the​ mean

Answer 1

The z-score is defined as the number of standard deviations above the mean. Its formula is z = (x - mean) / (standard deviation). So if we are given that this player's height has a z-score of 4.10 relative to others, this means that his height is 4.10 standard deviations above the mean.