Students often gain a few pounds when they move away to college and start eating institutional food.

Question:

Students often gain a few pounds when they move away to college and start eating institutional food. A nutritionist weighed first-year students at the start of the semester, right before Thanksgiving, on return to school in January, and at the end of the second semester. What statistical test should he use to see if their weight changes over time?

Select the appropriate statistical technique from among those in Figure 16.6.

Three or more Number of independent variables One Two Type of factors Type of samples Both between- Dependent Independen