Compute the Sum of Squared Residuals
-In an Area of the Great

question 77

Multiple Choice

Compute the Sum of Squared Residuals
-In an area of the Great Plains, records were kept on the relationship between the rainfall (in inches) and the yield of wheat (bushels per acre) . Compute the sum of the squared residuals of the least-squares line for the given data.
$\begin{array}{l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\text { Rain fall (in inches) , } \mathrm{x} & 10.5 & 8.8 & 13.4 & 12.5 & 18.8 & 10.3 & 7.0 & 15.6 & 16.0 \\\hline \text { Yield (bushels per acre) , } \mathrm{y} & 50.5 & 46.2 & 58.8 & 59.0 & 82.4 & 49.2 & 31.9 & 76.0 & 78.8\end{array}$

• A) \(87.192\)
• B) \(2207.628\)
• C) \(4.379\)
• D) 0

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