A Poultry Farmer That Dabbles in Statistics Is Interested in Exploring

question 34

Multiple Choice

A poultry farmer that dabbles in statistics is interested in exploring the relationship between layer pellets and the output of his laying hens.For ten days he records the number of ounces of layer pellets and the number of eggs that are produced.What is his regression equation based on the data?

• A) Eggs = 11.3 + 0.42Pellets
• B) Eggs = 1.25 + 0.29Pellets
• C) Eggs = 10.9 + 0.23Pellets
• D) Eggs = 4.22 + 0.67Pellets

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Definitions:

Cognitive Explanation

An understanding or interpretation focusing on mental processes such as perception, memory, and reasoning.

UCS

An abbreviation for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior conditioning.

Instinctive Behaviour

Inborn, automatic responses to specific stimuli that are not learned but rather naturally occur in all members of a species.

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses, often distinguished as classical or operant conditioning.