Professor- from the chapter reading this week we learned some basics about statistics that can provide back up for your DQ claim that both of these statements can be true. The reason they both can be true is the fact that this is an example of inferential statistics or a statistic that is taken from a certain population of a larger group. Depending on which part of the control group you chose to serve as the inferential subset it could greatly reduce the outcome of the statistic. The first statistic could mean that a true ~10 pound average was seen across all people in the control group or it could mean that one person lost a bunch of weight while the others lost none or actually gained, but the average still came out to 10 pounds per person. The second claim could also be true if nine of them gained weight the tenth would just have to lose enough weight to bring the average up to 10 pounds per person. It's all in how the data is collected and portrayed to the public, when you hear a statistic you have to think that the source has their best interest in