A Random Sample of Patients Who Attended a Clinic Was

question 35

Multiple Choice

A random sample of patients who attended a clinic was selected. The age of the patient (years) and the number of days since the last visit were collected and are displayed in the figure below. The least-squares regression line for predicting number of days since the last visit from the age of the patient is y = 600.081 - 8.694x. The slope of this line is

• A) 600.081.
• B) 8.694.
• C) -8.694.
• D) 600.081 - 8.694 = 591.387.

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