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Refer to Scenario 9-1. In the experiment, results indicated that individuals not on a diet lost only two pounds whether or not they exercised. However, individuals who dieted lost 10 pounds if they exercised and 6 pounds if they dieted without exercising.

Identify the functions and roles of paralegals within the legal system.

Describe the certification and educational paths available to paralegals.

Understand the importance of communication skills in the paralegal profession.

Recognize professional behavior and ethics required in the paralegal field.

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Definitions:

Z Statistic

A measure that describes how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of its distribution, often used in significance testing.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of values in a calculation that are free to vary, essential in assessing the precision of statistical estimates.

Chi-Square Test

A statistical test applied to sets of categorical data to evaluate how likely it is that any observed difference between the sets arose by chance.

Populations

In statistics, a population is the entire pool of individuals or items from which a statistical sample is drawn for analysis.