SCENARIO 12-13 Recent Studies Have Found That American Children Are More Obese

question 82

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 12-13
Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-yearolds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance.
-Referring to Scenario 12-13,which of the following statements is correct?

• A)We cannot reject the null for any level of significance greater than 0.005
• B)We can reject the null for any level of significance greater than 0.005.
• C)We cannot reject the null for any level of significance smaller than 0.005
• D)We can reject the null for any level of significance smaller than 0.005.

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The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

Sensory Information

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Subliminal Messages

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