A Weakness in Using BMI to Assess Body Weight Is

question 2

Multiple Choice

A weakness in using BMI to assess body weight is:

• A)it doesn't distinguish between male and female.
• B)it doesn't distinguish between young and old.
• C)it doesn't indicate where excess fat is located on the body.
• D)it doesn't indicate the ideal weight for a given height.

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Definitions:

Variance

A gauge for the extent of dispersion in a collection of data, derived by the average of squared differences relative to the mean.

Sample Mean

The average of all the data points in a sample set from a population.

Squared Deviations

The squares of the differences between each value in a set and the mean of the set, used in various statistical computations including variance.

Standard Deviation

An indicator that evaluates the degree of scatter or inconsistency in a dataset in relation to its mean.