Use the Following Information for Following Questions

question 21

Multiple Choice

Use the following information for following questions:.
The scatterplot below shows the relationship between the ages of women when they first married
and the ages when they had their first child. The correlation coefficient between the values is
-Can we use the regression equation to predict the age at which a woman has her first child for a woman who first married at the age of 50?

• A)Yes, we can always make predictions once we have a regression equation.
• B)Yes, we can make a prediction because the scatterplot shows a strong positive linear relationship.
• C)No, we cannot make a prediction because a woman who marries at age 50 is outside the range of our data.We would be extrapolating.

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