In the article Birth size and accelerated growth during infancy are associated with increased odds of childhood
Question:
In the article “Birth size and accelerated growth during infancy are associated with increased odds of childhood overweight in Mexican children” published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Jones-Smith et al., 2007), two of the baseline variables measured on the ???? = 163 Mexican children sampled are birth weight (kg) and birth length (cm). Use the summary statistics in Table 4.23 to answer the following questions.
(a) Estimate the mean birth weight of a Mexican child.
(b) Estimate the standard deviation of the birth weight of a Mexican child.
(c) Estimate the coefficient of variation for the birth weight of a Mexican child.
(d) Estimate the mean birth length of a Mexican child.
(e) Estimate the standard deviation of the birth length of a Mexican child.
(f) Estimate the coefficient of variation for the birth length of a Mexican child.
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Applied Biostatistics For The Health Sciences
ISBN: 9781119722694
2nd Edition
Authors: Richard J. Rossi