A researcher at a large company has collected data on the beginning salary and current salary of 50 randomly selected employees. The correlation between the data sets is r = 0.912. The summary statistics from the data collected are shown bellow:   Beginning Salary Ending Salary Mean x¯=56,340 y¯=82,070 Standard deviation Sx = 5,470 Sy = 7,800    Use a complete sentence to describe the strength and direction of the linear relationship between beginning salary and current salary.         Find the equation of the least-squares regression line. (Round to two decimal places)

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  1. A researcher at a large company has collected data on the beginning salary and current salary of 50 randomly selected employees. The correlation between the data sets is r = 0.912. The summary statistics from the data collected are shown bellow:
  Beginning Salary Ending Salary
Mean x¯=56,340 y¯=82,070
Standard deviation Sx = 5,470 Sy = 7,800

 

 Use a complete sentence to describe the strength and direction of the linear relationship between beginning salary and current salary.       

 Find the equation of the least-squares regression line. (Round to two decimal places)

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