​The Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)refers to _____

question 57

Multiple Choice

​The Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) refers to _____.

• A) ​an intake level estimated to meet the nutrient needs of 98% of healthy people
• B) ​an intake value estimated to meet the nutrient needs of half the healthy individuals in a group
• C) ​the upper limits of a nutrient estimated to be compatible with health
• D) ​an estimated nutrient intake standard for healthy people
• E) ​an estimated nutrient intake standard for unhealthy people

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive" in statistical testing.

Measurement Error

Refers to the difference between the true value of a measurement and the recorded value due to various factors such as instrument error or human error.

T-tests

Statistical tests used to compare the means of two groups and determine if they are significantly different from each other.

Statistically Different

Being statistically different means that observed differences between groups or variables in a study are unlikely to have occurred by chance, according to statistical analysis. This distinction supports the idea that the observed effects reflect true differences in the populations being studied.