Computer Software Can Be Used to Analyze Diets

question 47

Multiple Choice

Computer software can be used to analyze diets.What is the most appropriate use of a nutrition analysis program?

• A)checking for a clinical symptom of nutritional deficiency.
• B)determining how many third graders in a classroom ate breakfast.
• C)comparing the planned menu for children in a daycare against the RDAs.
• D)determining how much of the senior citizens' lunch was eaten.

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Definitions:

Retaining Null Hypothesis

The decision in hypothesis testing that there is not enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis, implying the observed data does not significantly differ from what was expected.

Alpha (α)

Alpha (α) represents the level of significance in hypothesis testing, defining the threshold for rejecting the null hypothesis.

Critical Value

A critical value is a point on the distribution that represents a threshold above which significant results are considered to occur.

Statistical Hypotheses

Statements made for statistical testing, including a null hypothesis and possibly an alternative hypothesis, concerning the parameters or distribution of a population.