Suppose you examined blood of 36 patients with the aim to study the relation between sugar level in blood (in mg/dL) and the amount of artificial sweetener (measured in grams). Your regression shows: blood=7.1 + 0.4*sweatener - 0.2*female. a)What is the most precide interpretation of the estimated coefficient for sweetener?  b)What is the most precide interpretation of the estimated coefficient for the constant?

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Suppose you examined blood of 36 patients with the aim to study the relation between sugar level in blood (in mg/dL) and the amount of artificial sweetener (measured in grams). Your regression shows: blood=7.1 + 0.4*sweatener - 0.2*female.

a)What is the most precide interpretation of the estimated coefficient for sweetener? 

b)What is the most precide interpretation of the estimated coefficient for the constant? 

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