Medical Records Indicate That People with More Education Tend to Live

question 63

Multiple Choice

Medical records indicate that people with more education tend to live longer; the correlation is 0.48.
The slope of the linear model that predicts lifespan from years of education suggests that on average
People tend to live 0.8 extra years for each additional year of education they have. The slope of the
Line that would predict years of education from lifespan is

• A) 0.384
• B) 1.67
• C) 0.8
• D) 1.25
• E) 0.288

Recognize the significance of the total area under the normal curve being equal to 1.

Identify and describe the standard normal distribution and its properties.

Understand the concept of a random variable being "standardized".

Differentiate between key concepts related to probability distributions (mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation).

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