Rudy Has Been on a Strict Diet of 1000 Calories

question 49

Multiple Choice

Rudy has been on a strict diet of 1000 calories per day for the last six weeks.He lost considerably more weight in the first three weeks of his diet than in the last three because

• A) his metabolic rate has decreased.
• B) his set point has increased.
• C) lean tissue is maintained by fewer calories than is fat tissue.
• D) his fat cells have begun to secrete elevated levels of leptin.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A scope of values, derived through sample statistical methods, seen as likely to include the value of an unascertained population parameter.

Population Mean

The average of a set of numerical values obtained from every member of a population.

Robust Estimator

A statistical method or measure that is not unduly affected by outliers or deviations from assumptions in the underlying data distribution.

Nonnormality

The deviation from the normal distribution in a set of data, where the data does not follow a bell-curve shape.