Is the Data Point, P, an Outlier, an Influential Point $\hat { y } = 67.1 + - 0.9 x$

question 97

Multiple Choice

Is the data point, P, an outlier, an influential point, both, or neither?
-The regression equation for a set of paired data is $\hat { y } = 67.1 + - 0.9 x$ . The values of $x$ run from 100 to 400 . A new data point, $\mathrm { P } ( 399 , - 292 )$ , is added to the set.

• A) Both
• B) Neither
• C) Influential point
• D) Outlier

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