Among the problems faced by job seekers wanting to reenter the workforce, eroded skills and outdated backgrounds are two of the most difficult to overcome. Knowing that, employers are often wary of hiring individuals who have spent lengthy periods of time away
from the job. The following table shows the percentages of hospitals willing to rehire medical technicians who have been away from that career for x years (145). It can be argued that the fitted line should necessarily have a y-intercept of 100 because no employer would refuse to hire someone (due to outdated skills) whose career had not been interrupted at all—that is, applicants for whom x = 0. Under that assumption, use the result from Question 11.2.16 to fit these data with the model y = 100 + bx.
Percent of Hospitals
Years of Willing to
Inactivity, x Hire, y
0.5……………………….100
1.5……………………….94
4…………………………75
8………………………… 44
13………………………..28
18………………………..17