A Health Science-Kinesiology Program to Lose Weight Collected Data from Ten

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Short Answer

A health science-kinesiology program to lose weight collected data from ten students.Sex was coded as 1 = female and 0 = male.The regression equation obtained was given by: Pounds lost = 15.8 + 0.65 time + 6.00 sex What is the estimated weight loss of a female who stayed in the program for 5 time periods?

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