A Medical Researcher Is Interested in Assessing the Probability of Some

question 43

Multiple Choice

A medical researcher is interested in assessing the probability of some symptoms of coronary heart disease being present at a given age. For this reason, he uses the following data collected on 100 individuals. The response variable is CHD which is 1 if coronary heart disease is present and 0 otherwise. The following linear probability model and logit model have been estimated: Linear probability: = - 0.53796 + 0.02181Age
Logit: = For the linear probability model, what is the range of values of Age for which can be regarded as the estimated probability of coronary heart disease?

• A) From 30.5 to 60.3
• B) From 24.7 to 70.5
• C) From 20.6 to 60.9
• D) From 28.2 to 79.2

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