In a Study of Reaction Times, the Time to Respond $= 169.803813 + 0.4671$

question 16

Multiple Choice

In a study of reaction times, the time to respond to a visual stimulus (x) and the time to respond to an auditory stimulus (y) were recorded for each of 6 subjects. Times were measured in thousandths of A second. The results are presented in the following table.
The following MINITAB output describes the fit of a linear model to these data. Assume that the assumptions Of the linear model are satisfied.
The regression equation is Auditory $= 169.803813 + 0.4671$ Visual


$\begin{array} { l l l l l } \text { Predictor } & \text { Coef } & \text { SE Coef } & \text { T } & \text { P } \\ \text { Constant } & 169.803813 & 17.123244 & 9.916568 & 0.000581 \\ \text { Visual } & 0.4671 & 0.081367 & 5.740635 & 0.004563 \end{array}$
What is the slope of the least-squares regression line?

• A) 0.4671
• B) 0.081367
• C) 9.916568
• D) 169.803813

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