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Residuals

Question 6 • DRHS GA-Statistical Reasoning

An anthropologist is interested in the relationship between fathers’ and sons’ heights. She collects a simple random sample of 25 fathers and 25 sons, and determines that the least-squares regression line is ŷ = –2.8 + 1.1x, where ŷ is the predicted height of each son and x is the height of his father (both measured in inches).

Answer
A
–2.8
B
–1.4
C
1.1
D
1.4
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