When Parents Try to Control Their Children's Intake, Especially by Restricting

question 38

Multiple Choice

When parents try to control their children's intake, especially by restricting their access to food, children become _____.

• A) more likely to eat healthy foods
• B) more likely develop a chronic condition such as diabetes
• C) less likely to eat unhealthy foods
• D) less likely to become obese
• E) less able to regulate their intake to meet their needs

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Definitions:

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistical models to quantify the difference between observed and predicted values.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data to test a hypothesis about a population parameter.

Linear Regression

A statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one independent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.

Hypotheses

Statements or assumptions made for the purpose of testing through scientific methods; can be null, proposing no effect, or alternative, proposing some effect.