For a particular value of a predictor variable, is there a difference between the predicted value of the response variable and the point estimate for the conditional mean of the response variable? Explain your answer.

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For a particular value of a predictor variable, is there a difference between the predicted value of the response variable and the point estimate for the conditional mean of the response variable? Explain your answer.

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Suppose the population regression equation for a simple linear regression model of the response variable, y, on the predictor variable, x is:

y = β0 + β1 x + ε;

Here, β0 is the intercept β1 is the slope, and ε is the random error term.

Since the population regression model is hardly ever known, sample data is used to estimate the regression model. The sample regression model is:

ŷ = b0 + b1 x;

Here, b0 is the intercept and the point estimate of β0, b1 is the slope and the point estimate of β1, and ŷ is the predicted value of the response variable, y.

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