Introductory Statistics
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ISBN: 9781938168208
Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 12, Problem 21P
The Regression Equation
Use the following information to answer the next five exercises. A random sample of ten professional athletes produced the following data where x is the number of endorsements the player has and y is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars).
x | y | x | y |
0 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
3 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
2 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | 13 | 4 | 10 |
Table 12.13
Use regression to find the equation for the line of best fit.
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