The freshman 15 refers to the urban legend that students gain an average of 15 p

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The freshman 15 refers to the urban legend that students gain an average of 15 pounds during their freshman year of college. The weights of 100 freshman at a certain University were observed in August and then re-examined in MY. The claim that the mean difference is equal to 15 pounds is tested at a 0.05 significance level. The results is"failed to reject the null hypothesis". The freshman 15 refers to the urban legend that students gain an average of 15 pounds during their freshman year of college. The weights of 100 freshman at a certain University were observed in August and then re-examined in MY. The claim that the mean difference is equal to 15 pounds is tested at a 0.05 significance level. The results is"failed to reject the null hypothesis". The freshman 15 refers to the urban legend that students gain an average of 15 pounds during their freshman year of college. The weights of 100 freshman at a certain University were observed in August and then re-examined in MY. The claim that the mean difference is equal to 15 pounds is tested at a 0.05 significance level. The results is"failed to reject the null hypothesis".

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The null hypothesis is the statement we need to check.

Here, the null hypothesis must be,

Ho: Gain in weight > = 15 pounds.

Since the study failed to reject the null hypothesis, one can statistically say that, Freshman 15 appears to be a true legend.

Hope this helps.

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