Step 1 :We are given a cumulative area of 0.047 in a standard normal distribution and asked to find the corresponding z-score.
Step 2 :We can use the inverse of the cumulative distribution function (also known as the percent-point function or quantile function) to find the z-score. This function gives the value below which a given percentage of the data falls.
Step 3 :Using the scipy.stats library in Python, we can use the ppf function to find the z-score. The code is as follows: \n ```python \n from scipy.stats import norm \n p = 0.047 \n z = norm.ppf(p) \n z \n ```
Step 4 :Running this code gives us a z-score of approximately -1.675.
Step 5 :This means that a value that is 1.675 standard deviations below the mean has a cumulative probability of 0.047 in a standard normal distribution.
Step 6 :So, the cumulative area corresponds to the z-score of \(\boxed{-1.675}\).