Question 34 of 975 • AISD (IPC) Integrated Physics and Chemistry B _ Credit Recovery 2025-26
A student is preparing to take a standardized exam. She was told that she needs to get plenty of sleep the night before the exam. She is interested in the relationship between the number of hours of sleep a student gets before the exam and the score earned on the exam. She collects information from 10 other students who have already taken the exam as shown in the table.She fits a least-squares regression line to the data and determines the equation of the line is ŷ =26 – 0.18x, where ŷ is the score earned on the exam and x is the number of hours of sleep the night before the exam. The residual plot is given.
Answer
A
No, there is no clear pattern in the residual plot.
B
Yes, there is no clear pattern in the residual plot.
C
No, the student who got the most sleep had a negative residual.
D
Yes, there are more negative residuals (6) than positive residuals (4).