Question

A researcher gathers data on the length of essays (number of lines) and the SAT scores received for a sample of students enrolled at his university. Based on his regression output, the 95% confidence interval for the slope of the regression equation is (-0.88, 1.34). At α = 0.05, we can say:

a. the relationship between length of essays and SAT scores is significant and negative.
b. the slope of the regression equation is significantly different from zero.
c. the slope of the regression equation is not significantly different from zero.
d. the correlation between length of essays and SAT score is significant.

Answer 1

d. the correlation between length of essays and SAT score is significant.

Explanation:

According to the case information, we know that the slope of the regression equation is -0.88 to 1.34, so our hypothesis is that the slope coefficient is 0, we deduce that taking into account the confidence interval the value is included by therefore the correct answer is D, which allows us to affirm that the correlation between the duration of the tests and the SAT score is significant