An Experimental Diet to Induce Weight Loss Was Followed for One

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Essay

An experimental diet to induce weight loss was followed for one week by a randomly selected group of 12 students with the following results.

a.Find a point estimate for the average amount lost after one week on this diet. Is this an unbiased estimate of the population mean? Explain.
b.Find a point estimate for the variance of the amount lost on this diet. Is this an unbiased estimate of the population variance? Explain.
c.Find a point estimate for the standard deviation of the amount lost on this diet.

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