Measure your own heart rate in beats per minute. Post yourindividual results and corresponding z-score using a populationmean resting heart rate of 73 beats per minute and standarddeviation of 8 beats per minute. Be sure to use the formula z equalfraction numerator Y minus italic mu over denominator italic sigmaend fraction to calculate your z score. Use theStandardNormalZTables(1).pdf to find your resting heart ratepercentile ranking. Do you think your resting hear rate is rare?For example: My resting heart rate is 64. My z score is -1.125 (use-1.13 for the table). My percentile rank is 12.92%. I do not thinkmy resting heart rate is rare since it is less than 2 standarddeviations from the mean.
