The tutor follows his earlier post with an implication about holiday weight gain. In yesterday’s post I discussed the surprise that perhaps mean holiday weight gain is no more than a pound; furthermore, I estimated its standard deviation at 3.125lbs. …

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The tutor estimates the standard deviation of holiday weight gain. I hoped to lose weight over the holiday season; alas, I gained a pound. Searching the internet for opinions about it, I came upon this surprising article, which suggests that …

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