Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 23

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question. A high school girls cross country coach performs a regression to predict the finish times of runners in the 10k event from the number of minutes of training in the previous week. The output is shown below. Assume that the conditions of the linear regression model hold.

-The coach wants to predict the finish time of his top runner who trained for 145 minutes the previous week. Should the coach use a confidence interval or a prediction interval?

• A)Prediction Interval
• B)Confidence Interval

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Definitions:

Dehydration Reaction

A chemical reaction that involves the loss of a water molecule from the reacting molecule.

Functional Groups

Functional groups are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.

OH

Sometimes refers to the hydroxyl group, a functional group consisting of an oxygen atom covalently bonded to a hydrogen atom.

Denature

The process by which a protein's structure is altered, losing its biological function, typically due to factors like changes in pH, temperature, or exposure to chemicals.