Question: This data set contains information on 78 people using one of three diets. Variable name Variable Data type Person Participant number gender Gender, 1 =

This data set contains information on 78 people using one of three diets.

Variable name

Variable

Data type

Person

Participant number

gender

Gender, 1 = male, 0 = female

Binary

Age

Age (years)

Scale

Height

Height (cm)

Scale

preweight

Weight before the diet (kg)

Scale

Diet

Diet

Binary

weight10weeks

Weight after 10 weeks (kg)

Scale

weightLOST

Weight lost after 10 weeks (kg)

Scale

The research questions for this data set:

  • Is there a relationship between the type of diet and weight loss?
  • Is there a significant difference in the height mean scores for males and females?
  • Is there a difference in age scores for young, middle, and older aged participants?

Data Analysis:

1. Run a statistical analysis on at least four variables from the diet data set. Include whether the statistical test requires categorical or continuous variables for analysis and identify the label for each variable

Person gender Age Height preweight Diet weight10weeks weightLOST
25 -99 41 171 60 2 60.0 0.00
26 -99 32 174 103 2 103.0 0.00
1 0 22 159 58 1 54.2 3.80
2 0 46 192 60 1 54.0 6.00
3 0 55 170 64 1 63.3 0.70
4 0 33 171 64 1 61.1 2.90
5 0 50 170 65 1 62.2 2.80
6 0 50 201 66 1 64.0 2.00
7 0 37 174 67 1 65.0 2.00
8 0 28 176 69 1 60.5 8.50
9 0 28 165 70 1 68.1 1.90
10 0 45 165 70 1 66.9 3.10
11 0 60 173 72 1 70.5 1.50
12 0 48 156 72 1 69.0 3.00
13 0 41 163 72 1 68.4 3.60
14 0 37 167 82 1 81.1 0.90
27 0 44 174 58 2 60.1 -2.10
28 0 37 172 58 2 56.0 2.00
29 0 41 165 59 2 57.3 1.70
30 0 43 171 61 2 56.7 4.30
31 0 20 169 62 2 55.0 7.00
32 0 51 174 63 2 62.4 0.60
33 0 31 163 63 2 60.3 2.70
34 0 54 173 63 2 59.4 3.60
35 0 50 166 65 2 62.0 3.00
36 0 48 163 66 2 64.0 2.00
37 0 16 165 68 2 63.8 4.20
38 0 37 167 68 2 63.3 4.70
39 0 30 161 76 2 72.7 3.30
40 0 29 169 77 2 77.5 -0.50
52 0 51 165 60 3 53.0 7.00
53 0 35 169 62 3 56.4 5.60
54 0 21 159 64 3 60.6 3.40
55 0 22 169 65 3 58.2 6.80
56 0 36 160 66 3 58.2 7.80
57 0 20 169 67 3 61.6 5.40
58 0 35 163 67 3 60.2 6.80
59 0 45 155 69 3 61.8 7.20
60 0 58 141 70 3 63.0 7.00
61 0 37 170 70 3 62.7 7.30
62 0 31 170 72 3 71.1 0.90
63 0 35 171 72 3 64.4 7.60
64 0 56 171 73 3 68.9 4.10
65 0 48 153 75 3 68.7 6.30
66 0 41 157 76 3 71.0 5.00
15 1 39 168 71 1 71.6 -0.60
16 1 31 158 72 1 70.9 1.10
17 1 40 173 74 1 69.5 4.50
18 1 50 160 78 1 73.9 4.10
19 1 43 162 80 1 71.0 9.00
20 1 25 165 80 1 77.6 2.40
21 1 52 177 83 1 79.1 3.90
22 1 42 166 85 1 81.5 3.50
23 1 39 166 87 1 81.9 5.10
24 1 40 190 88 1 84.5 3.50
41 1 51 191 71 2 66.8 4.20
42 1 38 199 75 2 72.6 2.40
43 1 54 196 75 2 69.2 5.80
44 1 33 190 76 2 72.5 3.50
45 1 45 160 78 2 72.7 5.30
46 1 37 194 78 2 76.3 1.70
47 1 44 163 79 2 73.6 5.40
48 1 40 171 79 2 72.9 6.10
49 1 37 198 79 2 71.1 7.90
50 1 39 180 80 2 81.4 -1.40
51 1 31 182 80 2 75.7 4.30
67 1 36 155 71 3 68.5 2.50
68 1 47 179 73 3 72.1 0.90
69 1 29 166 76 3 72.5 3.50
70 1 37 173 78 3 77.5 0.50
71 1 31 177 78 3 75.2 2.80
72 1 26 179 78 3 69.4 8.60
73 1 40 179 79 3 74.5 4.50
74 1 35 183 83 3 80.2 2.80
75 1 49 177 84 3 79.9 4.10
76 1 28 164 85 3 79.7 5.30
77 1 40 167 87 3 77.8 9.20
78 1 51 175 88 3 81.9 6.10

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