Use the Case Study Below

question 5

Multiple Choice

use the case study below.Please read the case and answer these questions.
Case Study: Rebecca,an infant born at 32 weeks,weighed 1200 g (2.6 lb) ,and was SGA.Her head circumference was 30 cm (< 5th percentile) .The mother was not interested in breastfeeding.A dietitian evaluated Rebecca and established appropriate growth and development goals for weight,length,head circumference,and body fat stores.A high-calorie formula (22 kcal/oz) was also initiated.
-What daily weight gain goal would the dietitian set for the first three months?

• A)10-25 g/day
• B)20-30 g/day
• C)30-40 g/day
• D)>40 g/day

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

A statistical property that describes the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

Mean Square

The average of the squares of the differences between observed values and the values predicted by a model.

Treatments

Different levels of a factor.

SSTR

Sum of Squares due to Treatment, representing the variation attributable to the treatment or intervention in an ANOVA test.