In a Study of Reaction Times, the Time to Respond

question 47

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 8 subjects. Times were measured in thousandths of A second. The results are presented in the following table.

$\begin{array} { c c } \hline \text { Visual } & \text { Auditory } \\\hline 249 & 246 \\194 & 241 \\210 & 244 \\197 & 245 \\208 & 243 \\166 & 243 \\239 & 252 \\151 & 242 \\\hline\end{array}$

Construct a 95% prediction interval for the auditory response time for a particular subject whose Visual response time is 182.

• A) (235.94, 250.26)
• B) (240.33, 245.87)
• C) (240.9, 245.3)
• D) (237.42, 248.78)

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