What Is the Critical Value? the Summary Statistics for a Certain

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is the critical value? The summary statistics for a certain set of points are: $n = 16 , s _ { \mathrm { e } } = 2.638$ , $\sum ( x - \bar { x } ) ^ { 2 } = 17.094$ , and $b _ { 1 } = 1.408$ . Assume the conditions of the linear model hold. A $99 \%$ confidence interval for $\beta _ { 1 }$ will be constructed.

• A)2.947
• B)2.624
• C)2.602
• D)2.977

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