In recent years, there has been considerable discussion about the appropriateness of the body shapes and proportions of the Ken and Barbie dolls. These dolls are very popular, and there is some concern that the dolls may be viewed as having the "ideal body shape," potentially leading young children to risk anorexia in pursuit of that ideal. Researchers investigating the dolls' body shapes scaled Ken and Barbie up to a common height of 170.18 cm (5' 7") and compared them to body measurements of active adults. Common measures of body shape are the chest (bust), waist, and hip circumferences.

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anonymous · Answer

These measurements for Ken and Barbie and their reference groups are presented in the table below:

Ken	Barbie
Chest	Waist	Hips	Chest	Waist	Hips
Doll	75.0	56.5	72.0	82.3	40.7	72.7
Human x-bar	91.2	80.9	93.7	90.3	69.8	97.9
Human S	4.8	9.8	6.8	5.5	4.7	5.4


Suppose that the researchers' scaled-up dolls suddenly found themselves in the human world of actual men and women.

Convert Ken's chest, waist, and hips measurements to z-scores. Which of those measures appears to be the most different from Ken's reference group (human males)? Justify your response with an appropriate statistical argument.  (1 point)

anonymous · Answer

I have no idea how to solve this...my teacher didn't tell us.

anonymous · Answer

Better view of the table.