From a Random Sample of N = 6 College Students

question 24

Multiple Choice

From a random sample of n = 6 college students, a school counselor obtained the students' high school GPAs (x) and their college GPAs (y) .Using these data, she wishes to develop a model that will allow her to predict a student's college GPA from his or her high school GPA. ​ ​
What is the fitted least-squares regression equation?

• A) y = 0.326 + 0.8660x
• B) y = 3.360 + 0.0114x
• C) y = 0.887 + 0.769x
• D) y = 76.985 - 248.344x

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