A Researcher Was Interested in Predicting Whether a Person Would

Multiple Choice

A researcher was interested in predicting whether a person would attempt to commit suicide (score = 1) or not (score = 0) from their depression scores. They found that the value of exp b was 2.56. How should this value be interpreted?

A) If two people have depression scores that differ by 1 unit, then the odds of the person with the higher score attempting suicide are 2.56 higher than for the other person.
B) 2.56 times more people who attempted suicide scored highly on depression.
C) If two people have depression scores that differ by 1 unit, then the odds of the person with the higher score attempting suicide are 2.56 lower than for the other person.
D) Suicide rates are 2.56 times as high in depressed people.