Body Mass Index. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and

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Body Mass Index. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. According to the document Dietary Guidelines for Americans published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for adults, a BMI of greater than 25 indicates an above healthy weight (i.e., overweight or obese). The BMIs of 75 randomly selected U.S. adults provided the data on the WeissStats site. Use the technology of your choice to do the following.

a. Obtain a normal probability plot, a boxplot, and a histogram of the data.

b. Based on your graphs from part (a), is it reasonable to apply one-standard-deviation χ2-procedures to the data? Explain your answer.

c. In Problem 40 of Chapter 9, we applied the one-mean z-test to the data, assuming a standard deviation of 5.0 for the BMIs of all U.S. adults. At the 5% significance level, do the data provide evidence against that assumption?

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Introductory Statistics

ISBN: 9781292099729

10th Global Edition

Authors: Neil A. Weiss

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