A Psychologist Wanted to Use a Locus of Control Test

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A psychologist wanted to use a locus of control test to predict scores on a depression scale. The following data were summarized for the relationship between the locus of control and depression scale: ΣX = 62, ΣX ² = 1022, ΣY = 70, ΣY ² = 1234, Σ XY = 1107, N = 4

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