A Company Studying the Productivity of Its Employees on a New

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Multiple Choice

A company studying the productivity of its employees on a new information system was interested in determining if the age (X) of data entry operators influenced the number of completed entries made per hour (Y) .The regression equation is
) Suppose the actual completed entries per hour for an operator who is 35 years old was 8.The residual is _______ .

• A)-1.3
• B)2.6
• C)-3.5
• D)1.3
• E)-2.2

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