DrGaroule Is Trying to Determine Which of His Patients Has

question 85

Multiple Choice

Dr.Garoule is trying to determine which of his patients has the highest likelihood of depression.He calculates a linear regression equation with the scores on an anxiety measure, which are positively correlated with scores on a scale measuring depression.Dr.Garoule converts patient D's anxiety score to a z score and predicts the z score for the depression scale to be -0.35.Is patient D's raw score for depression above or below the mean and why?

• A) It is below the mean because the z score is negative.
• B) It is above the mean because the z score is negative.
• C) It is below the mean because the z score is positive.
• D) It is above the mean because the z score is positive.

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Definitions:

Demand Function

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Inverse Demand

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