Find the Best Predicted Value of Y Corresponding to the Given

question 73

Multiple Choice

Find the best predicted value of y corresponding to the given value of x.
-Nine pairs of data yield $\mathrm { r } = 0.867$ and the regression equation $\hat { \mathrm { y } } = 19.4 + 0.93 \mathrm { x }$ . Also, $\overline { \mathrm { y } } = 64.7$ . What is the best predicted value of $y$ for $x = 59$ ?

• A) \(64.7\)
• B) \(57.8\)
• C) \(79.6\)
• D) \(74.3\)

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