Like father, like son: In  1906 , the statistician Karl Pearson measured the heights of  1078  pairs of fathers and sons. The following table presents a sample of  7  pairs, with height measured in inches, simulated from the distribution specified by Pearson.   Father's height Son's height 65.4 66.0 73.6 74.9 68.3 68.3 66.7 68.8 69.1 71.8 70.7 71.0 69.3 71.4   Compute the least-squares regression line for predicting son's height ( y) from father's height (x). Round the slope and y-intercept values to at least four decimal places.

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Like father, like son: In 

1906

, the statistician Karl Pearson measured the heights of 

1078

 pairs of fathers and sons. The following table presents a sample of 

7

 pairs, with height measured in inches, simulated from the distribution specified by Pearson.

 

Father's
height
Son's
height
65.4
66.0
73.6
74.9
68.3
68.3
66.7
68.8
69.1
71.8
70.7
71.0
69.3
71.4
 
Compute the least-squares regression line for predicting son's height (
y) from father's height (x). Round the slope and y-intercept values to at least four decimal places.

 

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