In a 2012 study, regression analysis was used to explore the possible connection between a firm’s overall employee satisfaction level and the firm’s market based economic value. Suppose the data for the study are given in the table below:

Show the data in a scatter diagram and use the least squares criterion to find the slope (b = ====) and the intercept (a) for the best fitting line. Sketch the least squares line in your scatter diagram. Use the line to predict a company’s economic value index when the company’s employee satisfaction level is 48.

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Economic Value Index 42 82 36 Employee Satisfaction Level