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A graduate student is doing a research project on stress among recent immigrants. She focused on parents of young children. All parents answered questions on a questionnaire (with the help of a translator if necessary). A stress score was calculated for all participants. SPSS was used to run a simple linear regression in which y = stress of the parent and x = age of the parent.

-Madeline is a 30-year old mother of young children who just emigrated from Germany. She scored a 1.9 on the stress test. What is the value of Madeline's residual?
A) 0.192
B) 42.649
C) -14.982
D) -0.192

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 A graduate student is doing a research project on stress among recent immigrants. She focused on parents of young children. All parents answered questions on a questionnaire (with the help of a translator if necessary). A stress score was calculated for all participants. SPSS was used to run a simple linear regression in which y = stress of the parent and x = age of the parent.
  
-Madeline is a 30-year old mother of young children who just emigrated from Germany. She scored a 1.9 on the stress test. What is the value of Madeline's residual?
A) 0.192 
B) 42.649 
C) -14.982 
D) -0.192

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Madeline's residual is calculated by subtracting the predicted value (based on a model or average) from the actual value. Given the information, without a specific model or context, it's impossible to calculate an exact residual. However, the choice of -0.192 as a residual suggests a small negative difference between the predicted and actual stress test scores, implying her actual stress level was slightly lower than expected. This is a hypothetical explanation as the actual calculation cannot be determined from the provided information.

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