Question 2 of 10 • Statistical Modeling - Content Recovery - Part B
A guidance counselor wants to determine if there is a relationship between a student’s number of absences, x, and their grade point average (GPA), y. The data that were collected are displayed in the scatterplot and the least-squares regression line was calculated. One student with 2 absences has a GPA of 1.8. This point is circled on the graph.
Answer
A
The value of r2 would not be affected because the residual is negative.
B
The value of r2 would not be affected because this point follows the pattern of the data.
C
The value of r2 would increase substantially because this point does not follow the pattern of the data.
D
The value of r2 would decrease substantially because this point does not follow the pattern of the data.