You Are Using Linear Regression to Link Number of Responses

question 97

Multiple Choice

You are using linear regression to link number of responses to a job announcement (y) to the number of days the announcement was repeated (x) : In applying the least squares criterion, the slope (b) and the intercept (a) for the best-fitting line are b = 1.0 and a = 3.5.Produce the 95% confidence interval estimate of the population intercept and report the upper bound for your interval.

• A)4.5
• B)9.7
• C)8.3
• D)6.1
• E)7.2

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