The critic rating and audience score for 8 movies are shown in the table. Critic Rating 72 80 65 23 28 60 41 35
Audience Score 64 92 90 48 55 70 44 80
An owner of a movie theater is investigating whether critic rating can be used to predict the mean audience score of movies. Assuming the conditions for inference have been met, which of the following inference procedures is the most appropriate to estimate the mean change in audience score for each 1 point increase in the critic rating?
A. A one-sample t-test for means
B. A linear regression t-interval for slope
C. A two-sample t-interval for a difference between means
D. A matched-pairs t-interval for a mean difference
E. A two-sample Z-interval for a difference between proportions