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

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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. 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,the degrees of freedom of the test statistic are A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 9
-Referring to Scenario 12-13,the degrees of freedom of the test statistic are


Definitions:

Rhythm Method

A form of natural family planning based on tracking the menstrual cycle to predict fertile days to avoid or achieve pregnancy.

Birth Control

A method or device used to prevent pregnancy.

Total Fertility Rate

The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime in a given population.

Replacement-level Fertility

The birthrate needed for a population to reproduce itself exactly from one generation to the next, excluding any changes due to migration.

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