How Well Does the Number of Beers a Student Drinks

question 10

Multiple Choice

How well does the number of beers a student drinks predict his or her blood alcohol content? Sixteen student volunteers at The Ohio State University drank a randomly assigned number of cans of beer. Thirty minutes later, a police officer measured their blood alcohol content (BAC) . A scatterplot of the data appears below. A plausible value of the correlation between number of beers and blood alcohol content, based on the scatterplot, is

• A) r = -0.85.
• B) r = -0.3.
• C) r close to 0.
• D) r = 0.3.
• E) r = 0.85.

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Definitions:

Hypertension

A condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

CDC

Stands for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a national public health institute in the United States focused on protecting public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability.

Systolic/Diastolic Measurement

The primary method for assessing blood pressure, represented by two numbers; the first (systolic) measures pressure when the heart beats, while the second (diastolic) measures pressure when the heart rests between beats.

Hypertension Stage 1

A condition characterized by systolic blood pressure levels between 130-139 mm Hg or diastolic levels between 80-89 mm Hg, requiring lifestyle changes and possibly medication for management.