A Regression Analysis of Hours Spent Exercising and Ounces of Weight

question 27

Multiple Choice

A regression analysis of hours spent exercising and ounces of weight loss had a slope of 3. We would predict that

• A) for every 1 hour of exercise, a person would lose 3 ounces of weight.
• B) for every ounce lost, a person has to exercise for 7 hours.
• C) every hour of exercise would have no effect on weight.
• D) The slope cannot be used to make predictions, you need the intercept.

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