Based on the Scatterplot of Data of the Number of Hours

Multiple Choice

Based on the scatterplot of data of the number of hours of training time received by production line workers and the time it took (in minutes) for them to trouble shoot their last process problem shown, we can say that ________________________ .

A) the slope of the regression line fit to these data will be positive
B) the slope of the regression line fit to these data will be negative
C) the linearity assumption is not satisfied
D) the intercept of the regression line fit to these data will be negative
E) the equal variance assumption is not satisfied