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document.write( " - What would be the slope of this regression line?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-  Would the correlation between x and y be positive or negative?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-  How would you interpret these data in terms of linear regression?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #328037 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=328037\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Scatter Plots cannot shown on this site.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x--------y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1-------0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2-------1.0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-------1.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ran a Linear Regression progam against the data to get the following;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation: y = (1/2)x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- What would be the slope of this regression line?:::(1/2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- Would the correlation between x and y be positive or negative?::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "positive: r = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- How would you interpret these data in terms of linear regression?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The data falls on the line y = (1/2)x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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