Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team batting average? The table below shows the number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of 8 teams. Team Games Won Batting Average 1 75 284 2 60 266 3 119 286 4 82 270 5 66 259 6 116 265 7 73 264 8 93 265 Using games won as the explanatory variable x, do the following:  (a) The correlation coefficient is r=  (b) The equation of the least squares line is ?̂=

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Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team batting average? The table below shows the number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of 8 teams.

Team Games Won Batting Average
1 75 284
2 60 266
3 119 286
4 82 270
5 66 259
6 116 265
7 73 264
8 93 265


Using games won as the explanatory variable x, do the following: 

(a) The correlation coefficient is r= 

(b) The equation of the least squares line is ?̂=

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