Table 8.2 the Agricultural Extension Agent's Office Has Tracked Fertilizer Application and Application

Multiple Choice

Table 8.2
The Agricultural Extension Agent's Office has tracked fertilizer application and crop yields for a variety of chickpea and has recorded the data shown in the following table. Their staff statistician developed the regression model and computed the performance statistics displayed below the data.

-Use the information in Table 8.2. If the correlation coefficient were negative, which of these statements would be True?

A) The coefficient of determination would also be negative.
B) An increase in fertilizer would result in a decrease in crop yield.
C) Applying no fertilizer would mean a negative crop yield.
D) The standard error would also be negative.