Is economic growth in Europe related to growth in the United States? Here?s a scatterplot of the average growth in the 19 European countries (% of Gross Domestic Product) vs. the growth in the United States. Each point represents one of the years from 1961 to 2016.

a) Check the assumptions and conditions for the linear model.

b) Explain the meaning of R² in this context.

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Dependent variable: European Countries GDP Growth R2 = 35.09% s = 1.773 Coefficient 0.8703 0.6230 Variable Intercept U.S. GDP Growth