Questions: Pulse rates of women are normally distributed with a mean of 77.5 beats per minute and a standard deviation of 11.6 beats per minute. Answer the following questions. What are the values of the mean and standard deviation after converting all pulse rates of women to z scores using z=(x-μ)/σ ? μ=0 σ=1 The original pulse rates are measured with units of "beats per minute". What are the units of the corresponding z scores? Choose the correct choice below. A. The z scores are measured with units of "beats." B. The z scores are measured with units of "minutes per beat." C. The z scores are measured with units of "beats per minute." D. The z scores are numbers without units of measurement.

Pulse rates of women are normally distributed with a mean of 77.5 beats per minute and a standard deviation of 11.6 beats per minute. Answer the following questions.

What are the values of the mean and standard deviation after converting all pulse rates of women to z scores using z=(x-μ)/σ ?

μ=0 
σ=1

The original pulse rates are measured with units of "beats per minute". What are the units of the corresponding z scores? Choose the correct choice below.
A. The z scores are measured with units of "beats."
B. The z scores are measured with units of "minutes per beat."
C. The z scores are measured with units of "beats per minute."
D. The z scores are numbers without units of measurement.
Transcript text: Pulse rates of women are normally distributed with a mean of 77.5 beats per minute and a standard deviation of 11.6 beats per minute. Answer the following questions. What are the values of the mean and standard deviation after converting all pulse rates of women to $z$ scores using $z=\frac{(x-\mu)}{\sigma}$ ? \[ \begin{array}{l} \mu=0 \\ \sigma=1 \end{array} \] The original pulse rates are measured with units of "beats per minute". What are the units of the corresponding z scores? Choose the correct choice below. A. The $z$ scores are measured with units of "beats." B. The $z$ scores are measured with units of "minutes per beat." C. The $z$ scores are measured with units of "beats per minute." D. The $z$ scores are numbers without units of measurement.
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Solution Steps

Step 1: Mean and Standard Deviation of Z-scores

When converting pulse rates to z z -scores using the formula

z=(xμ)σ z = \frac{(x - \mu)}{\sigma}

the mean (μ \mu ) of the z z -scores becomes 0 0 and the standard deviation (σ \sigma ) becomes 1 1 . Therefore, we have:

Mean of z-scores=0 \text{Mean of } z\text{-scores} = 0 Standard deviation of z-scores=1 \text{Standard deviation of } z\text{-scores} = 1

Step 2: Units of Z-scores

The z z -scores are dimensionless quantities, meaning they do not have any units of measurement. This is because z z -scores represent the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean, which cancels out the units. Thus, we conclude that:

The z scores are numbers without units of measurement. \text{The } z \text{ scores are numbers without units of measurement.}

Final Answer

The mean of the z z -scores is 0 0 , the standard deviation of the z z -scores is 1 1 , and the z z -scores are numbers without units of measurement.

Mean=0,Standard Deviation=1,Units=none\boxed{\text{Mean} = 0, \text{Standard Deviation} = 1, \text{Units} = \text{none}}

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