Professor Stanton thought that verbal ability was a function of age. Stanton collected data on people aged 5 to 20 . The analysis yielded the following equation: V = 20 + 3A where V = verbal ability and A = age. Stanton was asked to predict the verbal ability of a 30 year old. Stanton should respond
a. 110.
b. 90.
c. extrapolation is untrustworthy.
d. interpolation is untrustworthy.
e. 53.
C
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