according to the \"freshman 15\" legend , college freshman gain 15pounds ( or 6.

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according to the "freshman 15" legend , college freshman gain 15pounds ( or 6.8 kilograms) during their freshman year . Listedbelow are the amounts of weight change (in kilograms) for a simplerandom sample of freshman included in a study . Positivevalues correspond to students who gained weight and negativevalues correspond to students who lost weight .Do these valuesappear to support the legend that college students gain 15 pounds(or 6.8 kilograms) during their freshman year ? why or why not?

11    3    0 -2   3    -2    -2    5   -2    7    2    4   1    8    1    0    -5   2

Explanation / Answer

Take a look at the data. How many of the data points are largerthan 6.8? How many are smaller? Are these numbers about the same?Does it look like most freshman gained more than 6.8 kg or less? Ifyou need exact data such as mean, median and midrange, look at theother questions I've answered for you and follow the same steps. Ihope this helps!

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