The Auto Insurance Industry Crashed Some Test Vehicles into a Cement

question 543

Multiple Choice

The auto insurance industry crashed some test vehicles into a cement barrier at speeds of 5 to 25
Mph to investigate the amount of damage to the cars. They found a correlation of r = 0.60 between
Speed (MPH) and damage ($) . If the speed at which a car hit the barrier is 1.5 standard deviations
Above the mean speed, we expect the damage to be _?__ the mean damage.

• A) 0.90 SD above
• B) 1.5 SD above
• C) equal to
• D) 0.36 SD above
• E) 0.60 SD above

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