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Reality TV and cosmetic surgery. Refer to the Body Image:
Chapter 12, Problem 27E(choose chapter or problem)
Reality TV and cosmetic surgery. Refer to the Body Image: An International Journal of Research (March 2010) study of the impact of reality TV shows on one's desire to undergo cosmetic surgery, Exercise 12.17 (p. 682). Recall that psychologists used multiple regression to model desire to have cosmetic surgery (y) as a function of gender \(\left(x_1\right)\), self esteem \(\left(x_2\right)\), body satisfaction \(\left(x_3\right)\), and impression of reality TV \(\left(x_4\right)\). The SPSS printout below shows a confidence interval for E(y) for each of the first five students in the study.
a. Interpret the confidence interval for E(y) for student 1 .
b. Interpret the confidence interval for E(y) for student 4 .
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QUESTION:
Reality TV and cosmetic surgery. Refer to the Body Image: An International Journal of Research (March 2010) study of the impact of reality TV shows on one's desire to undergo cosmetic surgery, Exercise 12.17 (p. 682). Recall that psychologists used multiple regression to model desire to have cosmetic surgery (y) as a function of gender \(\left(x_1\right)\), self esteem \(\left(x_2\right)\), body satisfaction \(\left(x_3\right)\), and impression of reality TV \(\left(x_4\right)\). The SPSS printout below shows a confidence interval for E(y) for each of the first five students in the study.
a. Interpret the confidence interval for E(y) for student 1 .
b. Interpret the confidence interval for E(y) for student 4 .
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
(a)
Interpretation of the confidence interval for student 1:
From the SPSS output, the 95% confidence interval for the Cosmetic survey for student 1 is 13.42 and 14.31. In other words, the confidence interval for female student with a self-esteem of 24, body satisfaction of 3, and impression of reality TV of 4 is 13.42 and 14.31. Thus, the lower bound for the Cosmetic survey for student 1 is 13.42 and the upper bound for the Cosmetic survey for student 1 is 14.31.