Results from Consulting Height-Weight Tables Reflect

question 132

Multiple Choice

Results from consulting height-weight tables reflect

• A) true percent body fat.
• B) an accurate index of body composition.
• C) a range of recommended body weights associated with the lowest mortality.
• D) an accurate assessment of obesity.

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Definitions:

Population Measurements

The process of obtaining and analyzing specific characteristics or parameters of a defined group of individuals to generalize findings.

Mound-Shaped

A description of a graph of a dataset that has a symmetrical bell-shaped appearance, reflecting a normal distribution.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of variability or spread within a dataset, reflecting the extent to which the data points diverge from the average value.

Variance

An index of variability in a set of data, established by taking the average squared deviation from the mean.