DrGaroule Is Trying to Determine Which of His Patients Has

Dr.Garoule is trying to determine which of his patients has the highest likelihood of depression.He calculates a linear regression equation with the scores on an anxiety measure, which are positively correlated with scores on a scale measuring depression.Dr.Garoule converts patient D's anxiety score to a z score and predicts the z score for the depression scale to be -0.35.Is patient D's raw score for depression above or below the mean and why?

A) It is below the mean because the z score is negative.
B) It is above the mean because the z score is negative.
C) It is below the mean because the z score is positive.
D) It is above the mean because the z score is positive.