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Question 1192993: At their infant's first doctor's appointment, parents were told that their child was in the 87th percentile for height and the 32nd percentile for weight. Interpret the meaning of the percentile ranks. Descrube the height and weight of this perticular infants as compared to an average infant. Show the solutions Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Of every 100 children on average, the child is taller than 87% of them and weighs more than 32% of them.
The child is taller and thinner.
if the sd and mean were known, the z for height is 1.13 and for weight is -0.47.
