The "freshman 15" is the name of a common belief that college students, particularly women, gain an average of 15 pounds during their first year of college. In one study of 110 female first‐year college students (Psychology of Women Quarterly, vol 17, pp.119‐126, 1993), the mean weight was 130.6 pounds at the beginning of the study and 131.4 pounds six months later. The standard deviation was about 20 pounds at each time. Required:
a. Estimate the change in the mean weight over this six‐month period.
b. Is this sufficient information to find a confidence interval or conduct at estimate about the change in the mean over six months? If not what else do you need to know?

A) - 0.8 Ibs

B) There isn't enough information

    The standard deviations of the difference scores is needed

Step-by-step explanation:

N = 110 female first year college students

Mean weight at beginning of study = 130.6 Ib

Mean weight after six ( 6 ) months = 131.4 Ib

standard deviation = 20 pounds

A) Determine the change in the mean weight over the six(6) months period

mean weight at beginning - mean weight after six(6) months

= 130.6 - 131.4

= -0.8 Ibs

B) Determine if there is sufficient information to find a confidence interval

There isn't sufficient information to determine the confidence interval but in other to determine the confidence interval or conduct an estimate You need standard deviations of the difference scores to calculate the standard error of mean

the required function is .

step-by-step explanation:

from the given table it is noticed that the graph passing through (-3,7), (0,4), (3,1) and (8,-4).

it is a linear function because the value of y is decrease by one as the value of x increase by 1.

the slope of the function is

the slope of the function is -1 and the y-intercept is 4.

the slope intercept form is

where, m is slope and b is y-intercept.

therefore the required function is . the graph of this function is shown below.

120 seems like the most sensible answer.

step-by-step explanation:

if there is only one topping on all caramel apples and there's 120 of them. then all apples should/will be covered in sprinkles. make sense?