In: Statistics and Probability
a study by the national center of health statistics
found that the BMI of american young women (ages 20-29) are
normally distributed with a mean of 26.8 and a standard deviation
of 7.4
a) the middle 95% of this population would have a BMI
between______and _____
b) what percent of the population have BMI above 19.4?
c) the national center of health defines a person with BMI
associated with a z-score of -1.12 or less to be underweight.
according to this definition, would a young woman with BMI of 21.3
be underweight?