A Study Was Undertaken to Assess the Quality of Cheese

question 14

Multiple Choice

A study was undertaken to assess the quality of cheese as determined by a panel of taste testers.The tasters rated samples of cheese as being acceptable or not acceptable.Those same samples of cheese were analyzed with respect to several variables,one of which was the untransformed concentration of lactic acid,designated as Lactic.A logistic regression was fitted relating the log odds that the cheese was acceptable to the explanatory variable Lactic.The following partial computer output is provided. A sample of cheese was analyzed and the variable Lactic was found to have the value 16.5.At this level of concentration of lactic acid,what are the odds that the cheese will be deemed to be acceptable?

• A)2.80
• B)-0.332
• C)0.717
• D)0.633
• E)None of the above

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