For 261 female heights, the mean was 66.2 inches and the standard deviation was 2.8 inches. The shortest person in this sample had a height of 56 inches.

(a) Find the z-score for the height of 56 inches. z = (b) What does the negative sign for the z-score represent?

The height is above the mean.The height is below the mean. The height can not be obtained since the z-score is negative.There is nothing that we can say about the height.