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A sports analyst was interested in finding out how well a football team's winning
percentage (stated as a proportion) can be predicted based upon points scored and points
allowed. She selects a random sample of 15 football teams. Each team played 10 games.
She decided to use the point differential, points scored minus points allowed as the
predictor variable. The data are shown in the table and regression output given below. A sports analyst was interested in finding out how well a football team's winning percentage (stated as a proportion) can be predicted based upon points scored and points allowed. She selects a random sample of 15 football teams. Each team played 10 games. She decided to use the point differential, points scored minus points allowed as the predictor variable. The data are shown in the table and regression output given below.


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