"The Proportion of a Population That Is NOT Meeting Its

question 9

Multiple Choice

"The proportion of a population that is NOT meeting its requirements is indicated by the proportion of the population with intakes below the EAR." What is being described?

• A)EAR cut point method
• B)A requirement distribution curve
• C)The median of an intake distribution curve
• D)Definition of the Estimated Average Requirement.

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Definitions:

Age Group

A category of people of similar ages, often used for statistical, marketing, or planning purposes.

Heritability

The proportion of variation among individuals in a population that can be attributed to genetic factors.

Adopted Children

Children who have been legally taken and brought up by parents who are not their biological parents.

Heritability

A statistic used to estimate what percentage of the variation in a trait within a population is due to genetic differences among those individuals.