A social scientist collects information about counties in California and finds that the correlation between average income of the county and a rating of healthcare quality in the county is 0.78. A scatterplot of the two variables is football shaped. A particular county has an average income that is 0.4 SDs above the average of all counties. Using regression, we would predict that its healthcare quality is _________ SDs above the average healthcare quality for all counties, and that it is therefore at the _________ percentile of healthcare quality among all counties. Choose the answer below to fill in the two blanks. Group of answer choices 0.31; 24th 0.78; 58th 0.78; 79th 0.31; 62nd      PreviousNext

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A social scientist collects information about counties in California and finds that the correlation between average income of the county and a rating of healthcare quality in the county is 0.78. A scatterplot of the two variables is football shaped.

A particular county has an average income that is 0.4 SDs above the average of all counties.

Using regression, we would predict that its healthcare quality is _________ SDs above the average healthcare quality for all counties, and that it is therefore at the _________ percentile of healthcare quality among all counties.

Choose the answer below to fill in the two blanks.

Group of answer choices
0.31; 24th
0.78; 58th
0.78; 79th
0.31; 62nd
 
 
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