Question
Read the following description of a data set.
A European apparel company wants to know how many T-shirts it should make in each size. The company hired a telephone survey firm to contact members of its target demographic.
The survey recorded the height of each person (in centimeters), x, and the number of T-shirts he or she owned, y.
The least squares regression line of this data set is:
y=0.522x–59.052
Complete the following sentence:
If a person were one centimeter taller, the least squares regression line predicts that he or she would own
additional T-shirts.
A European apparel company wants to know how many T-shirts it should make in each size. The company hired a telephone survey firm to contact members of its target demographic.
The survey recorded the height of each person (in centimeters), x, and the number of T-shirts he or she owned, y.
The least squares regression line of this data set is:
y=0.522x–59.052
Complete the following sentence:
If a person were one centimeter taller, the least squares regression line predicts that he or she would own
additional T-shirts.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
If a person were one centimeter taller, the least squares regression line predicts that he or she would own **0.522** additional T-shirts.