Heights of husbands and wives. The mean height of American women in their early twenties is about 64.5 inches and the standard deviation is about 2.5 inches. The mean height of men the same age is about 68.5 inches, with standard deviation about 2.7 inches. If the correlation between the heights of husbands and wives is about r = 0.5,a) what is the equation of the regression line of the husband’s height on the wife’s height in young couples?b) Predict the height of the husband of a woman who is 67 inches
a) slope (.5 x 2.7)/ 2.5 = .54 = slope
y hat = ? + .54x
How do you find the y-intercept?
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