Data Were Obtained in a Study of the Oxygen Uptake

question 70

Multiple Choice

Data were obtained in a study of the oxygen uptake of 31 middle-aged-males and females while exercising.The researchers were interested in the use of a variety of variables as predictors of Oxygen Uptake.The variables that were measured on the subjects were Age,Weight,the time taken to run a specified distance (Runtime) ,pulse rate at the end of the run (RunPulse) ,their resting pulse rate (RstPulse) ,and their maximum pulse rate during the run (MaxPulse) .The following table from a computer analysis of the data is provided (with some entries deleted and replaced by _**) . What is the mean square for model (MSM) ?

• A)144.293
• B)120.244
• C)721.463
• D)180.366
• E)141.897

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