What conclusions can you draw from these data

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In a study of eating disorders in female adolescents, Gross (1985) asked each of her par- ticipants whether they would prefer to gain weight, lose weight, or maintain their current weight. (Note: Only 12% of the girls in Gross's sample were actually more than 15% above what normative tables say they should weigh, a common cutoff for a label of "over- weight.") When she broke down the data for girls by race (African-American versus white), she obtained the following results. (Other races have been omitted because of small sample sizes.)

	Reducers	Maintainers	Gainers	Total
White	352	152	31	535
African-American	47	28	24	99
Total	399	180	55	634

(a) What conclusions can you draw from these data?

(b) Ignoring race, what conclusions can you draw about adolescent girls' attitudes toward their own weight?

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