Which of the Following Is a TRUE Statement

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

• A)Obesity is uncommon in American children.
• B)Obese children should be put on a very low-kcal diet (<500 kcal/day)
• C)Children in the 10th percentile or below on growth charts are classified as obese.
• D)Obese children are more likely to develop the chronic diseases common in obese adults (type 2 diabetes,high blood cholesterol,high blood pressure).

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a sample of data points, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Sample Median

The middle value of a sample data set arranged in ascending or descending order, used as a measure of central tendency.

Bootstrapping

A statistical method that resamples a single dataset to create many simulated samples, used in assessing the precision of sample estimates.

Resamples

The practice of repeatedly drawing samples from a given dataset with the intention of estimating a population parameter.