According to Data Gathered in the National Health and Nutrition

question 28

Multiple Choice

According to data gathered in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the rate of teenage obesity in the Unites States today is about __________ it was in the late 1970s.

• A) the same as
• B) double what
• C) triple what
• D) ten times what

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Definitions:

Experimental Conditions

The controlled settings and variables manipulated by researchers in an experiment to investigate their effects on outcomes.

Correlation Analyses

Statistical methods used to determine the relationship and strength between two or more variables.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data where most occurrences take place in the middle of the range.

Correlational Analyses

Statistical methods used to determine if there is a relationship between two or more variables and the strength of that relationship.