A random sample of 195 students was selected from the United Kingdom using the Census At School

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A random sample of 195 students was selected from the United Kingdom using the Census At School data selector. The age x (in years) and height y (in centimeters) were recorded for each student. Here is a scatterplot with the least-squares regression line ŷ = 106.1 + 4.21x. For this model, s = 8.61 and r2 = 0.274.

190 180 170 160 150 140 - 130 120 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Age (years) Height (cm)


a. Calculate and interpret the residual for the student who was 141 cm tall at age 10.

b. Interpret the slope of the least-squares regression line.

c. Interpret the value of s.

d. Interpret the value of r2.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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