Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 40

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question. A statistics professor is interested in learning whether there is a positive association between number of posts by online students on a message board and the final class average in an online statistics course. The computer output below shows the results from a regression model in which the final class average was predicted by the number of message board posts. Assume that the conditions of the linear regression model are satisfied.

-Choose the correct decision regarding the null hypothesis and the correct conclusion. State your conclusion using a significance level of 5%.

• A)Fail to reject H0. There is enough evidence to conclude that the final class average is positively associated with the number of message board posts.
• B)Fail to reject H0. There is not enough evidence to conclude that the final class average is positively associated with the number of message board posts.
• C)Reject H0. There is enough evidence to conclude that the final class average is positively associated with the number of message board posts.
• D)Reject H0. There is not enough evidence to conclude that the final class average is positively associated with the number of message board posts.

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